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The Supreme Court is expected to rule in June on health reform. After the hearings in March, which way is the wind blowing?
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Obama: Make Federal Data Available, Friendly and Useful, and Soon

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Hospital Laptop Theft = 2,159 Notifications

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CMS Reminder: Register Early for EHR Meaningful Use

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The Faces of Performance

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Which Way for Data Exchanges?

The rise of 'private' health information exchanges is making many I.T. leaders ponder what direction to take. But will private HIEs serve broader industry goals?
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Mobile Health in the Regulatory Crosshairs

The FDA has its sights set on the m-health space, and some fret that regulation will stop innovation in its tracks.
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IRS Notices Address Employer Pay-or-Play Under Reform

In a series of three notices, the IRS has signaled the approach that it may take on certain key issues arising under the employer shared responsibility, or "pay or play,” provisions of the Affordable Care Act and is seeking comment on these and other questions. All of the matters discussed in the notices will ultimately be addressed in regulations.
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CMS Rule Aims to Cut Regulatory Burdens

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a final rule making changes to many regulatory provisions to reduce bureaucratic burdens on providers and promote the efficiency of various programs.
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Rep. Ellmers to CMS: Exempt Small Practice and Elderly Docs from Meaningful Use

Hundreds of public comments on the proposed Stage 2 electronic health records meaningful use rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services now are online at regulations.gov, by entering CMS-2012-0022 in the search box.
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NCQA: Stage 2 Needs Better Alignment with Other Initiatives

The National Committee for Quality Assurance, an accreditation firm, is recommending that federal officials tweak proposed Stage 2 EHR meaningful use requirements for group reporting of core and menu objectives.
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AHIMA Comments on Rule to Delay ICD-10

The American Health Information Management association, in a comment letter on the April 17 proposed rule to delay ICD-10 implementation by one year, seeks guarantees that there will not be further deadline extensions.
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EHR Vendors Association Wants Grace Period on EHR Upgrades

The HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association is urging federal officials to enable providers still in Stage 1 meaningful use in 2014 to continue to use Stage 1 certified EHR technology rather than switching to the proposed updated 2014 Edition of certified EHRs.
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Rule Tightens NPI Use for Medicare/Medicaid

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a final rule tightening requirements for providers and suppliers to use a national provider identifier.
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Hospitals
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