At its annual conference, Civitas Networks for Health and the Patient Centered Data Home® Governance Council announced they have identified Velatura Public Benefit Corporation as the national technology Solution Partner to support a consolidated national PCDH initiative.
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Last week, during National Health Center Week, HRSA awarded nearly $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding to nearly 1,400 community health centers across the country to advance health equity through better data collection and reporting.
The USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that USDA is awarding $74 million in grants to improve health care facilities in rural towns across the Nation. These grants will help 143 rural health care organizations expand critical services for 3 million people in 37 states, Guam and Puerto Rico.
In an effort to help health care organizations protect patients’ personal health information, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has updated its cybersecurity guidance for the health care industry.
National Association of ACOs President and CEO Clif Gaus, Sc.D., issued the following statement today on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Proposed 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule:
The public comment period will be open for 36 days starting June 27, 2022, through August 1 at 11:59 PM ET. HHS is committed to transparency and providing opportunities for public participation during the development of the plan.
In a speech to physician and medical student leaders from across the country, American Medical Association President Gerald E. Harmon, M.D., unveiled the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians, an ambitious roadmap to renewing our country’s commitment to physicians—and ensuring their needs are met—so patients can receive the high-quality care they deserve.
The HHS, through its Office for Civil Rights, is issuing guidance on how covered health care providers and health plans can use remote communication technologies to provide audio-only telehealth service when such communications are conducted in a manner that is consistent with…
According to the U.S. CDC health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” Having a complete view of an individual’s clinical data is vital to achieving this.