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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?
The FDA has its sights set on the m-health space, and some fret that regulation will stop innovation in its tracks.
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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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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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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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.
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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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.
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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