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Get a good HIX compliance plan or lose money, Deloitte warns
Health plans participating in health insurance exchanges have a world of hurt coming if they fail to prepare for a complicated and changing regulatory environment--complete with tough enforcement action, a new Deloitte paper says.
Final rules give employers benefits-free orientation
The Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published regulations today that include a one-month employment-based orientation period, reports LifeHealthPro.
The privacy/security tiger doesn't have any teeth
Amid the recent firestorm of debate and controversial regulation aimed at curing the nation's healthcare system, significant effort and focus have been paid to matters of availability of care and to
Understanding rules vital to planning for 'meaningful use'
Want to get to "meaningful use"? Understand the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the CMS regulations, your own incentive opportunity and your current state of implementation. Conduct a gap
ONC corrects specification in final EHR certification rule
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has moved to correct some incorrect information in the final rule for certification of EHRs, taking out two implementation
FDA, ONC clash over EMR safety issues
The CMS regulations for "meaningful use" of EMRs are 864 pages long. The companion rule on EMR certification, from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, is another
Feeling meaningfully used
They say everybody's a critic. These days, everybody's a pundit, too. That's particularly true when it comes to "meaningful use" of EMRs. On Tuesday morning, CMS of course released its final rule on
HHS dials back requirements, offers flexibility in final meaningful use rule
In releasing the final rules for Stage 1 of the "meaningful use" Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program on Tuesday, federal officials have pulled back from the more aggressive plan outlined in
CMS: Final meaningful use, certification rules sent to OMB
How do we know the rules for meaningful use will be out any day now? CMS has sent its regulatory language to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, the final stage in the
ONC to seek feedback on NHIN Exchange governance structure
In preparation for expanding the Nationwide Health Information Network's NHIN Exchange beyond federal agencies and their contractors and grantees, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
