Policy & Regulation Archive
Joseph Goedert | May 23
President Obama has directed federal departments and agencies to substantially improve the quality and availability of government data within 12 months. The goal of a new strategy is to enable an increasingly mobile population and workforce to access relevant and useful government data any time on any computing device.
Joseph Goedert | May 23
Children’s Hospital Boston has notified 2,159 patients or their parents of a breach of protected health information following the theft of an unencrypted laptop.
Joseph Goedert | May 23
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reminds eligible professionals that they should register as soon as possible for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health records programs, regardless of their readiness to participate.
Joseph Goedert | May 22
Expansion of the national provider identifier under a proposed rule published in April would be problematic, according to the Federation of American Hospitals.
Joe McKendrick | May 22
The IBM Center for Applied Insights just released a study that reinforces the message that IT security is the concern of the entire enterprise.
Joseph Goedert | May 21
Reading (Pa.) Hospital has notified 12 patients that protected health information, including Social Security numbers, were breached.
Joseph Goedert | May 21
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reminds ambulatory practices of the availability of its free Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit and is working to make it more useful to small- and mid-size physician practices.
Joseph Goedert | May 18
Implementation of a national health plan identifier under the Affordable Care Act, while a worthwhile effort, is not a slam-dunk process, the Medical Group Management Association contends.
Joseph Goedert | May 18
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is taking steps to add home and community care services to the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems suite of surveys to assess patient satisfaction with providers and payers.
Joseph Goedert | May 18
The Federal Communications Commission on May 24 will vote on adoption of final rules to allocate wireless communication spectrum for operating Medical Body Area Networks, or MBANs. The FCC had issued proposed rules in mid-2009.
Joseph Goedert | May 17
Almost seven weeks after a major data breach, the director of Utah’s Department of Technology Services has resigned and the governor has personally apologized to state residents for not adequately protecting their information.
Joseph Goedert | May 17
A new Web-based research application from the Department of Health and Human Services will aid consumers, provider organizations and policymakers in accessing data to monitor and measure performance of the health care system.
Joseph Goedert | May 16
The Medical Group Management Association is asking federal officials to extend the Medicare e-prescribing program’s reporting and hardship exemption request deadlines of June 30, saying the requirements are confusing and unfair.
Joseph Goedert | May 16
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a total of $181 million in grants to assist six states in establishing health insurance exchanges under authority of the Affordable Care Act.
Joseph Goedert | May 16
3M Health Information Systems will release a public version of its Healthcare Data Dictionary as open source software, making it free and available worldwide.
