News & Updates from HHS
HHS and its agencies including CMS, ONC, and AHRQ are reporting these news items, events, updates and deadlines for providers and hospitals. ICD-10 compliance date is October 1, 2015.
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WEDI ICD-10 Survey Results
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of its findings from its June 2015 ICD-10 Industry Readiness Survey.
NH Health Information Organization Receives Federal HIE Grant
The NHHIO, a non-profit, announced that it has been awarded funds by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) as part of ONC’s health information technology (HIT) grant program.
ONC Awards Over $38 Million to Improve Coordinated Health Information Sharing
As part of the Administration’s efforts to create an interoperable learning health system that achieves better care, smarter spending and healthier people, the ONC announced twenty awardees for three health information technology (health IT) grant programs totaling about $38 million.
CVS Health Collaborates with HHS to Promote MyHealthFinder
CVS Health announced it is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to promote an online tool, which provides recommendations from government-recognized clinical experts for the personalized preventive services patients should receive based on their age and gender.
I’m the New CTO of HHS
By Susannah Fox – When I left the Pew Research Center to advise companies and organizations that share my vision for health care, I thought life couldn’t get better.
HHS New $1 Million Grant Programs for Sharing Health Information
ONC DeSalvo announced the availability of $1 million in grant funds to support community projects for the Community Interoperability Health Information Exchange (HIE) Program.
$28 Billion Gone Out the HITECH Window
By Donna Cusano – In 2009, the US Congress enacted the HITECH Act, as part of a much broader recovery measure (ARRA or ‘the stimulus’), authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to spend up to $35 billion to expand health IT and create a network of interoperable EHRs.
Final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the Final HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016. This rule seeks to improve consumers’ experience in the Health Insurance Marketplace and to ensure their coverage options are affordable and accessible.