August 6, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
Upon the announcement on August 6 that Farzad Mostashari, M.D., was planning to leave his post as National coordinator for Health Information Technology, Russell P. Branzell, president and CEO of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) spoke exclusively with HCI's Mark Hagland regarding his perspectives of the Mostashari departure.
August 6, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced to HHS staff on August 6 that Farzad Mostashari, M.D., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will be stepping down this fall. Sebelius sent an e-mail with HHS staff to alert them to the news.
August 5, 2013 Mark Hagland
blog
A sometimes-heated discussion taking place in New York City around introducing a physician pay-for-performance program into that city’s immense public hospital system speaks to the broader debate around how best to transform U.S. healthcare
August 1, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 51-0 to approve bipartisan legislation that would replace the current Medicare payment model— known as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)—with a stable system of payments to reimburse U.S. doctors.
July 31, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has signed a web-broker entity agreement with eHealth, as Mountain View, Calif.-based company that provides private online health insurance exchanges. The agreement will allow eHealth to enroll tax-subsidy-eligible residents of 36 states in qualified health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
July 30, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
In editorial presented by Politico, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) argued in support of legislation that would require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a free, online searchable database of Medicare claims data.
July 25, 2013 Mark Hagland
blog
In late July, healthcare leaders brought forward concerns around the rigorous requirements of Stage 2 of meaningful use to federal officials at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Department of Health and Human Services. How might federal officials respond—and what kinds of concerns must they balance?
July 25, 2013 Mark Hagland
news
On July 23, the leaders of the Englewood, Colo.-based Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, asking her to reverse a newly announced policy regarding testing for the implementation of the ICD-10 coding system later this year.
July 24, 2013 David Raths
news
In his July 24 testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Colin Banas, M.D., chief medical information officer of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, made a strong case for how data ubiquity lays the groundwork for subsequent clinical innovation and improved outcomes.
July 19, 2013 John DeGaspari
news
Highmark Health Services, a Pittsburgh-based health insurer, has announced the formation of the Accountable Care Alliance, in collaboration with health care providers in the Allegheny Health Network (AHN), which it maintains will improve the coordination of care and lower health care costs.
July 19, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Healthcare providers are actively reducing costs in reaction to changes brought by healthcare reform, according to a survey from Provista, an Irving, Tx.-based supply chain improvement company.
July 19, 2013 David Raths
article
In August 2013, the California Department of Public Health will launch an immunization-messaging portal that it says will help providers qualify for meaningful use incentive payments. To qualify for meaningful use payments, immunization information will need to be submitted in HL7 format from a certified EHR.
