Spending on entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid consumes some two-thirds of all federal spending, but new research from the University of Notre Dame shows that information technology investments in health care lead to significant spending reductions — potentially in the billions of dollars...
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AMA Calls For Reduced Requirements, Penalties For MU Program
The American Medical Association (AMA) has a long list of ideas to make the Meaningful Use (MU) program better for physicians and shared its recommendations in a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)...
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Medsphere Voices Support for Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015
House legislation seeks to close gaps for families facing mental health challenges, extends federal support for health IT adoption to mental health providers Read More »
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ONC Unveils Rules For Medicare Data Visualization Challenge
Just as the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) was releasing Medicare provider utilization and payment data to the public, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) was looking for ways to make these data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) meaningful to consumers.
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