Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah have received approval to run their own health insurance exchanges starting in January 2014, Reuters reports. David Morgan reports 17 states and the District of Columbia are set
MoreThe Department of Health and Human Services has released guidance for making electronic health records safer for patients, according to a NextGov article. âThis report will help all of us better use
MoreMedicaid incentive payments to hospitals for achieving meaningful use of electronic health records received $1.7 billion during 2011 under that program, a Government Accountability Office report says. According to Nextgov, GAO also
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Fourteen states and the District of Columbia will operate their own health insurance exchanges and start enrolling customers in October 2013, David Morgan reports for Reuters. Gary Cohen, director of the Center
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Friday that the state will initially participate in a health insurance exchange system run by the federal government, the Washington Post reports. Laura Vozzella writes McDonnell is
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Only states that implement a full expansion of their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act will receive federal funds, the Department of Health and Human Services said this week. Kaiser Health
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki are moving forward the integration of both departments’ electronic health records systems to 2013 from 2014, EHR Intelligence reports. Jennifer Bresnick writes
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The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs plan to expand a pilot program for testing the feasibility of health data exchange between the agencies’ clinicians, Information Week reports. Ken Terry writes the
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Immunization records could be coming to the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ Blue Button system within the coming weeks, the nation’s lead coordinator for health information technology said last week. According to AOL
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One building will house medicine leaders from the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force as the new Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Va. opened Tuesday. American Forces Press Service reports the
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