The National Association of ACOs praises the work of congressional offices that saved important value-based payment incentives by including a provision in a year-end spending and COVID-relief bill.
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The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to support individuals’ engagement in their care, remove barriers to coordinated care, and reduce regulatory burdens on the health care industry.
The American Medical Association announced that the Current Procedural Terminology code set is being updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include immunization and administration codes that are unique to the COVID-19 vaccine under development by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford.
At its annual member meeting on December 15, 2020, The Sequoia Project, a non-profit dedicated to solving health IT interoperability for the public good, announced the launch of three new community subgroups under its Interoperability Matters Information Blocking Workgroup.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is releasing new hospital COVID-19 capacity data at the facility level. Previously released data about hospital capacity that had been released was aggregated at the state level.
The ONC hosted a webinar looking at the wide range of application programming interface (API)-forward policies and industry actions that are being used to accelerate interoperability of health data.
More than 500 accountable care organizations, medical practices, and health systems urged leaders in Congress in a letter sent to preserve important Medicare bonuses that encourage participation in risk-bearing alternative payment models.
Starts November 29th – Join the brightest minds during the most important week in radiology and experience the ease of an all-virtual event. RSNA 2020 is where you’ll find fresh opportunities to connect with the global radiology community and get a front row seat to the latest research, education and technological advancements.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET – Join the ONC as they spotlight how application programming interface (API)-forward policies and industry actions are accelerating interoperability.