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HHS drafts flexible regulations for insurance exchanges
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has unveiled draft regulations that will govern the operation of state health insurance exchanges, reports the New York Times. The rules will
CMS to review 'burdensome' hospital requirements
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services has released a plan for the retrospective review of regulations that could potentially be streamlined or removed altogether for being overly
ACO regs are 'overly prescriptive, operationally burdensome,' docs say
The American Medical Group Association has pushed back on the Obama Administration's recently released regulations on accountable care organizations, claiming they are too costly and complex to
ACO rule: Healthcare industry reacts with cautious enthusiasm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its long-awaited proposed rules on accountable care organizations yesterday. Although they officially have until June 6 to file comments on the
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,
ONC removes 'erroneous' 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 electronic health records, taking out
'Meaningful use' progress hinges on stakeholder input
The Health IT Policy Committee has begun work in earnest on Stage 2 and 3 requirements for "meaningful use" of health IT, but some members of the federal advisory panel would like to see faster
Are compliance regulations failing healthcare?
Financial institutions suffer more data breaches than healthcare organizations, right? Wrong. It's healthcare--by a factor of three to one. A recent report from the Identity Theft Resource Center
HHS mostly gets meaningful use right
In case you hadn't heard--and if you hadn't, shame on you (or good for you for taking a vacation)--the final rules for "meaningful use" of EMRs came out last week . As readers of FierceEMR know, I got
SPOTLIGHT: 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
