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New York Proposes Regulations For Stronger Hospital Cybersecurity
New York Governor Kathy Hochul released a proposed set of cybersecurity regulations that require hospitals to establish new policies and procedures to protect themselves from ever-intensifying cyber threats. The state also put aside $500 million in funding to help hospitals upgrade their technology systems to comply with these new rules.
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
Healthcare costs are making America sick: Here’s what we can do about it
Cost is a primary reason people avoid or delay care, even when they are insured. But increasingly consumers are talking with providers, shopping around and taking advantage of cost transparency tools to access the care they need.
Mayo, Kaiser, Medically Home launch advocacy effort to extend hospital-at-home flexibilities
Eleven health systems have joined the coalition, which aims to extend and expand the existing federal hospital-at-home waivers and create an advanced acute care-at-home delivery model at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.
Providers to HHS: ACO quality reporting changes create undue burdens
Eleven provider organizations sent a letter to HHS urging them to reconsider the new rules around quality measurement and reporting for ACOs. One of the reasons these rules are burdensome and should be revised is the lack of EHR interoperability, they said.
Providers, tech companies to advocate for expanding clinical care at home
A group of healthcare stakeholders — Amazon Care, Intermountain Healthcare and Ascension, to name a few — has created an alliance to advocate for home-based care services through policy changes.
Unlocking Transparency in PBM Pricing
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
Lawyer: It’s time to pre-empt state medical privacy laws that differ from HIPAA
Ann Waldo, who runs a boutique law firm specializing in privacy law, health policy and data strategy for digital health companies, took part in a discussion on navigating regulatory hurdles in digital health at Health Datapalooza this week.
New home health rules focus on care coordination, patients’ rights
The new rules are set to go into effect in July, but they may be delayed as President Donald Trump’s administration reviews regulations that have been drafted or finalized but not yet implemented.
MACRA rule aims to put Medicare focus on quality and outcomes
The MACRA Quality Payment Program is spelled out in a massive rule, nearly 2,400 pages long, including the usual, long preamble explaining the rationale behind CMS decision-making.
ONC tweaks EHR certification rules for post-Meaningful Use era (updated)
This rule does not supplant the existing, much-criticized EHR certification program that has been in place since Meaningful Use came about in 2011.
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
CMS says ‘pick your pace’ in 2017 MACRA payment program (Updated)
CMS will offer four options for physicians to participate in the outcomes-focused initiative next year.
It’s time to simplify health data regulation. Don’t hold your breath
Aside from the current congressional logjam, gridlock or whatever your preferred metaphor may be, consider the fact that we are now embarking upon the general election season, which tends to add an additional layer of grandstanding and substantive paralysis to the usual fever dreams of the Potomac.
MACRA responses hit CMS for short timeline, high reporting burden
The public comment period on proposed rules for implementing MACRA closed Monday.
So, what’s really in the MACRA rule from an IT perspective?
This may sound cynical, but there are probably only two rational choices for clinicians going forward: become a salaried employee delivering clinical care or become a hospital-based clinician exempted from the madness.
You won’t believe what CMS did on patient engagement in MACRA
If we in the patient community do not raise questions and objections to this critically important MACRA rule, you will definitely not believe what happens next.