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HHS has proposed delaying the compliance date for ICD-10 conversion by one year to Oct. 1, 2014. The deadline extension was one of several topics covered in an e-mailed news release from HHS, which also announced a proposed rule that would establish a unique health plan identifier under the HIPAA Act of 1996. To access [...]
A prominent CIO of a regional hospital system encountered the limitations of HIPAA and so-called “Protected Health Information (PHI)” when her boss fired her after a short medical leave of absence. After years working without taking vacation, a family catastrophe that affected her health prompted her to take a medical leave of absence. She had [...]
HHS announced $83.9 million in grants to help “networks of health centers” adopt EHRs and other HIT systems. The funds are part of the $2 billion allotted to HHS to expand services to low-income and uninsured individuals. Forty-five grants will support “new and enhanced EHR implementation projects as well as HIT innovation projects. Funds will [...]
Over the past year, John Glaser, Ph.D., has been eating and breathing Meaningful Use and Certification even more than his HITECH-focused CIO colleagues. That’s because while Glaser has kept up his role as VP & CIO at Partners HealthCare on a part-time basis, he’s also been winging down to D.C. every week to fulfill his [...]
HHS has awarded $84 million to 16 universities and junior colleges “to support training and development of more than 50,000 new health IT professionals.” Workforce Award recipients, by program area, include: Community College Consortia Program ($36 million): The Community College Consortia Program provides assistance to five regional recipients to establish a multi-institutional consortium within each [...]
A new Interim Final Rule from the DEA’s Department of Justice on Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances specifies the guidelines healthcare providers will need to follow in order to electronically prescribe controlled substances. Since the DEA published the NPRM; ONC, CMS, AHRQ and other HHS staff “have worked closely with DEA to develop the policies [...]
In its final act of largess under the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program, HHS has awarded more than $160 million in new grants “to help states advance the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.” The first wave of 40 awards was released in mid-February. Through this final round of awards, every U.S. [...]
HHS has awarded nearly $1 billion in Recovery Act monies to help providers adopt HIT and train workers to implement and manage EMR systems. Of the over $750 million, $386 million will go to 40 states and qualified State Designated Entities (SDEs) to facilitate HIEs at the state level, while $375 million will go to [...]
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