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DeLeo Assigns Numeric Goal to State Health Care Cost Control Efforts
March 7, 2012Source: State House News Service
MARCH 6, 2012 - STATE HOUSE BOSTON - A House proposal to refashion the state’s health care delivery system will attempt to limit the annual growth in Massachusetts’s health care costs to 3.7 percent.
Learn MoreHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Announces Major Progress in Doctors, Hospital use of Health Information Technology
February 22, 2012Source: U.S Department of Health and Human Services
FEBRUARY 17, 2012 - KANSAS CITY, MO – The number of hospitals using health information technology (IT) has more than doubled in the last two years and nearly 2,000 hospitals and more than 41,000 doctors have received $3.1 billion in incentive payments for ensuring meaningful use of health IT, particularly certified Electronic Health Records (EHR).
Learn MoreMoore Eyes Health Care Bill by March, Mariano Touts Short-term Plans
February 8, 2012Source: State House News Service
FEBRURY 8, 2012 - STATE HOUSE, BOSTON - A major refashioning of the Massachusetts health care system aimed at incentivizing high quality health care and eliminating duplicative procedures could be presented to the House in a month, a lawmaker leading negotiations on the proposal said Wednesday.
Learn MoreSenate Passes RX Monitoring Bill, Rejects Drug Trafficker Registry
February 3, 2012Source: State House News Service
FEBRUARY 2, 2012 - The top prescribers of controlled substances like Vicodin or OxyContin would be required to immediately enroll in the state’s prescription monitoring program, and others would be forced to follow suit over the next three years under legislation passed by the Senate on Thursday.
Learn MoreMedicare Advantage Premiums down 7 percent on Average, Enrollment up 10 percent
February 1, 2012Source: HHS.gov
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 - Medicare Advantage premiums have fallen by 7 percent on average and enrollment has risen by about 10 percent since this time last year, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today.
Learn MorePrivacy and Security Mobile Device Good Practices Project Launched
January 26, 2012Source: HealthIT.gov
JANUARY 25, 2012 - ONC’s Office of the Chief Privacy Officer (OCPO), in working with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently launched a Privacy & Security Mobile Device project.
Learn MoreMostashari: Meaningful use to reach new heights
January 18, 2012Source: Health IT News
JANUARY 11, 2012 - WASHINGTON – “In 2012, meaningful use will soar," National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari asserted at the Jan.
Learn MoreCMS EHR Incentive Programs paid $2.5B in 2011
January 13, 2012Source: Government Health IT
JANUARY 10, 2012 - The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid more than $2.5 billion to physicians and hospitals in incentive payments for all of 2011, with December contributing to the steep growth curve.
Learn MoreThe Direct Project
January 10, 2012Source: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
DECEMBER 2011 - The Direct Project: Scalable, cost-effective, secure transport of patient health information via the internet. Read more
Learn MoreWe Can’t Wait: Faster Adoption of Health Information Technology
December 19, 2011Source: US Health and Human Services (HHS)
Secretary Sebelius announced in this proposal that providers who adopt an ONC-ATCB certified EHR in 2011 will have until the end of February 2012 to meet Stage 1 meaningful use.
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