I’ve been writing fewer posts recently because the trajectory forward for healthcare and healthcare IT seems to be evolving very rapidly. In just the past week, we’ve had: the American Hospital Association letter suggesting that 21,000 pages of regulations be rolled back including Meaningful Use Stage Three concepts and quality measurement in many care settings, the passage of the 21st Century Cures bill and its many IT related mandates, and the nomination of Tom Price for HHS Secretary and Seema Verma for CMS administrator...
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'Get the Insurance Companies the Hell Out' of Healthcare System
Jon Queally | Common Dreams | October 25, 2016
Right-wingers like Charles Krauthammer don't "think anybody should buy it"—and too many Democrats actually don't want to talk about it—but that doesn't mean advocates for a single-payer or 'Medicare for All' healthcare system aren't responding to news about rising insurance premiums for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with renewed demands. Just weeks away from national elections, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made financial and political news late Monday by announcing the average premiums for plans under the ACA (aka Obamacare) will rise significantly for many consumers in 2017...
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13 Things That Are About To Change At VA
Jonathan Lutton, Troy K. Schneider | FCW | July 31, 2014
The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act passed the House on July 30 with a vote of 420 to 5. The Senate followed suit, 91 to 3, on July 31, and the president's signature is all but assured...
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2 Million Obamacare Enrollments Have Data Inconsistencies
Arit John | Nextgov.com | June 4, 2014
According to government documents obtained by the Associated Press, the accounts of more than 2 million people who signed up for Obamacare have "data discrepancies," some of which could affect their subsidy eligibility. The discrepancies include "important details on income, citizenship and immigration status," according to the AP...
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21st Century Cures and the Road Ahead
By John D. Halamka, MD | December 7, 2016
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5 Tips For Cybersecurity Incident Response
Rick Kam | Government Health IT | February 2, 2015
Experts and politicians agree that security and privacy incidents are a given...And as the new cyber-risk handbook from the National Association of Corporate Directors puts it: “If a sophisticated attacker targets a company’s systems, they will almost certainly [be breached].”...
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85% Of Measles Outbreak Victims Already Received Vaccinations
Ethan A. Huff | Natural News | June 23, 2014
The mainstream media is giddily engaging in a mass political orgy over measles after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the disease is allegedly spreading in large part due to foreign travelers and the unvaccinated...
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A 40-Year 'Conspiracy' at the VA
Arthur Allen | Politico | March 19, 2017
Four decades ago, in 1977, a conspiracy began bubbling up from the basements of the vast network of hospitals belonging to the Veterans Administration. Across the country, software geeks and doctors were puzzling out how they could make medical care better with these new devices called personal computers. Working sometimes at night or in their spare time, they started to cobble together a system that helped doctors organize their prescriptions, their CAT scans and patient notes, and to share their experiences electronically to help improve care for veterans...
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AAFP Calls For A Less Burdensome ONC Interoperability Plan
Kyle Murphy | EHR Intelligence | January 20, 2015
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is seeking to reduce regulatory burdens on providers in response to a request for commentary on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015–2020 recently published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)...
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Are The Keys To Interoperable Health IT Hidden Outside The Health Care Field?
Billy Mitchell | FedScoop | September 24, 2014
To build a truly modern and interoperable health care system, some leading health IT experts think critical answers may be hidden in industries typically thought to be unassociated with health care...
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As Todd Park Becomes Top Tech Recruiter, What's Next For CTO Role?
Rebecca Carroll | Nextgov.com | August 29, 2014
When Todd Park was asked in 2009 to become the Department of Health and Human Services' first chief technology officer, he wasn’t looking for a government job...The Obama administration announced Thursday that in his new role working for the White House from Silicon Valley, Park will continue his recruiting efforts and keep policy officials in touch with tech world developments and trends....
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Auditors Fault Pentagon Sorting of Biggest Bioweapon Threats
Diane Barnes | Nextgov.com | May 19, 2014
Auditors say the Defense Department is not following its own procedures for guarding against "potentially catastrophic" biological strikes...
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AVIA Names Andy Slavitt as Senior Advisor
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May 10, 2017
AVIA, the nation's leading network for health systems seeking to innovate and transform, announced that Andy Slavitt will join as a Senior Advisor. Slavitt brings to AVIA over two decades of private and public sector leadership in healthcare and technology. Slavitt previously served as the Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Obama. There, he oversaw the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace...
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Clinical Data Registries Bill Advances In House Despite Opposition
Greg Slabodkin | Health Data Management | July 30, 2014
A bill requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to publish recommendations for the development of clinical data registries was approved in a July 30 vote by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but not without sharp opposition from Democratic members....
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Coalition Calls For Action Against EHRs That Block Interoperability
Staff Writer | iHealthBeat | June 17, 2014
The Health IT Now Coalition is calling on HHS to decertify electronic health record systems that require extra modules or additional costs to share data, Politico's "Morning eHealth" reports...
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Combining Satisfaction And Healthcare Cost Data
Erin McCann | Government Health IT | June 9, 2014
An organization in Virginia has made the most of available federal data and has provided a one-stop-shop for healthcare consumers.
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