The Federal Communications Commission approved an additional 68 applications for funding commitments totaling $42,702,383 for Round 2 of its COVID-19 Telehealth Program. This is the FCC’s fifth funding announcement of approved Round 2 applications, bringing the total to over $208 million awarded to health care providers in each state, territory, and the District of Columbia.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, announced the distribution of approximately $9 billion in Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 payments to health care providers who have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As part of its commitment to eliminating inequities and improving access to care for historically marginalized communities across the nation, the AMA bolstered policy aimed at addressing the health needs of rural populations—enhancing access to care through educational strategies for rural physician workforce expansion.
This week’s Talent Tuesday is brought to you by Black Book Research. According to the latest survey on healthcare outsourcing conducted by Black Book Research, 92% of hospital leaders have intensified their strategic planning on whether to work with more third-party vendors for cost-efficiencies in…
On March 4, 2013, CommonWell Health Alliance launched with five founding members and a shared vision to break down barriers to health data exchange. Fast forward more than eight years later: CommonWell has more than 80 members and a nationwide network that has retrieved more than 1.5 billion records across 24,000 provider sites.
The American Medical Association announced that the Current Procedural Terminology code set has been updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include a new code for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine created by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
CHIME and AEHIS fielded a survey of its membership’s Chief Information Security Officers to determine the impact cybersecurity incidents had on healthcare in the last year, finding widespread impacts on organizations and the need for more education and resources.
Denver-based CORHIO and Phoenix-based Health Current, both HIEs that operate independently under the regional organization Contexture, recently earned separate Certified statuses for information security by HITRUST. Together, CORHIO and Health Current serve 1,800 healthcare organizations across Colorado and Arizona.