First HHS Innovation Fellowships’ Meeting Focuses on New Measures of Quality in Healthcare
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In its quest to find ways to reduce healthcare costs but boost healthcare quality, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
The OIG produces its list of Top Management and Performance Challenges (TMC) every year, and to no one’s surprise, implementation of health…
Moving mHealth to the Next Frontier: Aligning Patients, Physicians, Healthcare Providers & Payers
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“Health data is no longer a government initiative. It is an American initiative.” Such were the words spoken by U.S. Chief Technology…
After patiently waiting, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a proposed rule that would delay ICD-10 from October 1,…
HHS recently issued its final standards on how to rebate money from insurance carriers that fail to reach the Medical Loss Ratio…
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the FDA to prevent the plan B emergency contraceptive from being offered without a…
Aggressive IT deadlines have left the healthcare industry scrambling to meet a host of regulatory mandates spanning HIT adoption, payment transaction methodologies,…
Governor Brown signed a new law that is retro-active to June 1st, and the federal government approved, so does this mean hospitals…
In a late Friday “data dump,” the U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, announced that the long-term-care program established…