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HHS proposes pay raise for Medicaid primary care
Primary care physicians who treat Medicaid patients may get a pay raise totaling $11 billion over two years under a proposed rule announced last week by the Department of Health & Human Services.
CHIME: Providers should be in 'lockstep' for ICD-10
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' proposed year-long delay of the ICD-10 deadline reaches an acceptable middle ground between those pushing for a delay and those wanting to stand
AHRQ developing a 'registry of patient registries'
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality wants to create a "Registry of Patient Registries," similar to its clinical trials databank launched in
Meaningful Use registrations continue to rise
The number of eligible hospitals and professionals registered to participate in the electronic health record incentive program now has topped 225,765, with another 1,3973 physicians and 128 hospitals
Health plan identifier, ICD-10 delay will impact EHRs
The proposed rule released this week by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services that would create a new health plan identifier is expected to spur the use of transmissions to and from
New ICD-10 deadline proposed for 2014
The timeline for healthcare organizations to convert to the ICD-10 coding system will likely be delayed one year--to Oct. 1, 2014--U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen
Can providers afford the changes government is implementing?
One of the biggest themes emerging out of this week's 20th National HIPAA Summit is that we're seeing real changes regarding HIPAA and health information technology. Unlike some prior HIPAA
HHS reveals heart health innovation winners
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Investing in Innovation (i2) program selected the winners of its "One in a Million Hearts Challenge" this week. The team that created a web-based
Rodriguez: HIPAA enforcement to increase
The proliferation of security breaches of patients' confidential health information is causing the government to increase and intensify its enforcement of the Health Information Portability and
OCR: HIPAA mega rule in its 'last clearance lap'
The omnibus final rule implementing many of the changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was accepted for review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) March
