American Recovery and Reinvestment Act news from FierceHealthIT
NewsMeaningful Use incentives jeopardized by GOP bill
Despite news Thursday that support for H.R. 408--the Republican-sponsored House bill aimed at cutting $2.5 trillion in federal spending over the next decade--could mean the repeal of the Meaningful Read more...
Blumenthal: Health IT is key to health reform
It's been a busy year in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and for health IT in general. "It's been a whirlwind of activity. Many of you have spent many Read more...
'Meaningful use' readiness drops among hospital CIOs
Hospital CIOs are rapidly losing confidence in their organization's ability to qualify early for federal subsidies for "meaningful use" of EMRs, according to an updated survey from the College of Read more...
Health IT remains attractive to private equity firms
Healthcare insiders know what the general public doesn't seem to grasp: There's more true reform in the $27 billion EMR subsidy program authorized by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Read more...
Providers concerned about quality reporting in 'meaningful use'
The federal stimulus money for "meaningful use" of EHRs was supposed to be exactly that--a stimulus--to encourage health IT adoption and quality improvement. If some new survey numbers are to Read more...
'Tiger team' calls for digital authentication in provider-to-provider HIE
The privacy and security "tiger team" set up to resolve pressing issues for the Health IT Policy Committee is calling for standard authentication policies for direct electronic exchange of EHRs and Read more...
AHA official: ICD-10 the 'DNA' of future DRG payments
You may be neck-deep in an EHR implementation in hopes of scoring American Recovery and Reinvestment Act incentive payments, but don't forget about the coming transition to ICD-10 coding. "To put it Read more...
One-third of medical practices haven't done security risk assessments
While 75 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed by HIMSS, the Medical Group Management Association and Intel have conducted security risk assessments as required by the federal EHR incentive Read more...
Blumenthal floats idea of multiple paths to 'meaningful use'
National health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal seemingly wants some flexibility built into future requirements for "meaningful use" of health IT. But providers shouldn't be cheering just yet, Read more...
White House efforts to protect medical data 'getting worse'
When it comes to protecting the privacy of medical information, the Obama administration has slipped from its high mark in 2009, according to the annual "Privacy Report Card" from the Electronic Read more...
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