D.C. Report: ICD-10 Compliance Delay an ‘Appropriate Middle Ground’

The House of Representatives this week passed a budget that contained $310 billion from the deficit over the next decade.  Of the savings, $23.5 billion came from Medicaid and children’s health care; $4.2 billion from hospitals that serve the poor and uninsured; and $33.7 billion from supplemental nutrition assistance.  Observers have noted, however, that the bill has no chance in the Senate or with the Obama administration.

ONC Dashboard Released On Wednesday, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT launched a new interactive dashboard offering information about the agency's grant programs and other health IT activities across the U.S.  The Dashboard currently provides summary information about all ONC HITECH grant programs, and detailed data from the Regional Extension Center, and Community College Consortia to Educate Health IT Professionals programs.  In June, ONC plans to launch an electronic health record and health information exchange dashboard featuring more state-level maps, charts and data showing trends in physician and hospital adoption of health IT