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FDA User Fees Reauthorization Discussion Draft Released
Under the new draft agreement, the FDA would see an increase of almost $400 million in user fees collected in the next fiscal year.
Senate Finance Committee Leaders Introduce CHRONIC Care Act of 2017
HIMSS provided input to the working group on several occasions over the course of the bill's development, including in response to the release of a policy options document in January 2016.
CMS Offers Meaningful Use-Related Changes in the FY 2018 IPPS Proposed Rule
On Friday, April 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), which includes changes to the calendar year (CY) 2017 and 2018 Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Requirements for Eligible Hospitals (EHs), Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and Eligible Professionals (EPs).
ONC's Updated Interoperability Standards Advisory Format Creates Ongoing Feedback Loop
Today's health IT environment is constantly changing. New stakeholders are joining the health and healthcare landscape; new standards are emerging with the next solution to solving interoperability; new technologies are entering the market to improve the delivery of care.
CMS call for Measures and Activities for ACI Performance Category
As part of its measure development process, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often asks stakeholders for assistance in offering potential candidate measures that may be suitable for a specific project as part of their various reporting programs, such as the Quality Payment Program (QPP).
HHS Announces State Grants to Combat Opioid Crisis
Funding will support a comprehensive array of prevention, treatment, and recovery services depending on the needs of recipients in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the 4 US territories, and the associated states of Palau and Micronesia.
PDMP Adopted in Missouri
The bill would create a database doctors and pharmacists could check to see if patients have recently filled or been prescribed addictive medications.
Telehealth Updates: Montana and Indiana
Telemedicine advances in Montana and Indiana.
STEPS to Value Episode #36: Driving Health IT Value Across the Globe
In this episode, we will talk to one of 2016's Most Influential Woman in Health IT, Rachelle Blake, PA, MHA. Rachelle discusses the value of engagement with the complexities of this glorious system we call life, and of the systems we have built to sustain it. Listen to STEPS to Value Episode #36: Driving Health IT Value Across the Globe Medical Device Security in the Age of the "Internet of Things"
In this episode of Code Red, we discuss the impact that connected health will have on medical device security with HIMSS Privacy & Security Committee member Cathy Petrozinno, Principal, Cybersecurity Partnerships and Information Privacy at MITRE Corporation. Listen to Medical Device Security in the Age of the "Internet of Things" HIMSS Expands Global Educational Offerings - Acquires Health 2.0 Conferences
The Health 2.0 conferences align new audiences and innovative technologies with HIMSS quality education offerings to support HIMSS's ongoing vision of better health with IT ONC's Updated Interoperability Standards Advisory Format Creates Ongoing Feedback Loop
Today's health IT environment is constantly changing. New stakeholders are joining the health and healthcare landscape; new standards are emerging with the next solution to solving interoperability; new technologies are entering the market to improve the delivery of care. Building Holistic, Robust Security with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Security frameworks help organizations build a comprehensive security program with guidance on how to identify and prioritize actions for reducing cybersecurity risk. Security frameworks are essential for every organization—especially with insider threat activity and cyber-attacks being at a record high. HIPAA compliance alone is not enough. CMS Offers Meaningful Use-Related Changes in the FY 2018 IPPS Proposed Rule
On Friday, April 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). Comments on this proposed rule are due to CMS on June 13, 2017. |
