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HHS outlines markers on advancing health IT

gonzalezloumiet wrote 2 days ago:   By Andrew Noyes 07/15/2009 HHS Health IT Coordinator David Blumenthal said today his agency i … more →

Tags: David Blumenthal, health care information technology obama

Obama's Draconian Healthcare bill

mongothemerciful wrote 3 days ago: Are you ready by 2014:     for all your medical records and history to be kept electr … more →

Tags: RFID, Privacy, medicalrecords, healthrecords, DNA, AmericanRecoveryandReinvestmentAct, critical, WhatWeCanDoAbouttheHealth-CareCrisis, obama

OCR Requires Health Care Providers To Improve Services for Limited English Speakers, Hearing Impaired As HHS Steps Up Enforcement of Federal Discrimination Laws

Curran Tomko Tarski LLP wrote 4 days ago: Health care providers should review the adequacy of translation and other mechanisms required to all … more →

Tags: Health Care, Physician, Health Care Provider, Corporate compliance, Doctor, Medicare Advantage, Health Policy, Discrimination, Ada

Federal Grant Money Available

healthyadvances wrote 1 week ago: HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius has announced $40M in additional funding opportunities for states, tribe … more →

Tags: Children, health, minority health, Chip, Funding, grant, Insurance, kathleen sebelius, Local Government

CMS cuts, raises payments - pain and gain

Obi Jo wrote 2 weeks ago: Clearly, this administration aims to tackle all issues at once. A noble, but daunting task.  The pro … more →

Tags: health reform, physicians, AMA, CBO, CMS, Congress, health, health-care reform, health insurance access

OIG Semiannual Report: SouthernCare Hospice Is Third Largest Civil Medicare Recovery

fraudblawg wrote 2 weeks ago: In its semiannual report to Congress, the Inspector General for Health and Human Services details Fr … more →

Tags: Government Fraud & Abuse, HEALTHCARE FRAUD, Hospice Fraud, Medicare fraud, Whistle Blower Litigation, Frohsin & Barger, Hospice, OIG, Semiannual Report

CONNECT: The Feds Answer to Health Info Exchange5 comments

John wrote 2 weeks ago: The feds are beating the CONNECT drum. This week, ONC sponsored a two-day event in DC to begin educa … more →

Tags: eHR, google health, HealthVault, HIE, HIT, Privacy, Standards, Exchanges, Nhìn

Taking the Federal IT Dashboard for a spin

ehrsherpa wrote 2 weeks ago: Last month, nearly 400 Federal employees from 30 agencies took the Office of Management and Bud … more →

Tags: Healthcare, Federal Budget, Dashboard, Dot'' ?, IT OMB, NSF, Office of Management and Budget, USDA, va

8 Miami-Area Residents Charged, Assets Frozen in $22 Million Home Health Medicare Fraud Scheme6 comments

Curran Tomko Tarski LLP wrote 2 weeks ago: Eight Miami-Dade County, Florida residents have been indicted in connection with an alleged $22 mill … more →

Tags: anti-kickback, Doctor, false claims act, federal sentencing guidelines, Health Care, health care finance, Health Care Fraud, Health Care Provider, hospital

HHS extends liability shield to antivirals used for H1N1

sakerfa wrote 2 weeks ago: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently provided a shield against damage claims r … more →

Tags: WMD, Science:health, Fascism, nwo, Neuro/Bio/Chem Warfare, A.C.T., antiviral, Children, Department

Guess What? 9.2 Million Americans Already Have Single-Payer Health Care1 comment

Phoenix Woman wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s called TRICARE, and it works just fine. [CORRECTION: It's actually 9.2 million Americans … more →

Tags: Health Care, Health Issues

Our Meaningful Use Comments6 comments

John wrote 3 weeks ago: In the FWIW column, Chilmark Research submitted its comments on the Draft Recommendations for Meanin … more →

Tags: EMR, PHR, eHR, Policy, Consumer Health, CMS, ARRA HITECH Act, meaningful use, ONC

<8hrs to Get Your Comments In

John wrote 3 weeks ago: The proverbial doors to get your comments in on the Draft Recommendations for Meaningful Use that we … more →

Tags: eHR, EMR, Policy, ONC, HITECH Act, arra, meaningful use

Congress approves $7.65 billion for pandemic flu response

sakerfa wrote 3 weeks ago: Responding to lobbying by the Obama administration and public health advocates, Congress last week a … more →

Tags: WMD, Science:health, Politics/Elect/Corrupt, Fascism, nwo, Neuro/Bio/Chem Warfare, obama, health, Congress

Meaningful Use Revisited

ehrsherpa wrote 3 weeks ago: The HIT Policy Committee has released their initial definition of “meaningful use” as it … more →

Tags: meaningful use, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (ie Stimu, Healthcare, obama, Preventive Medicine, arra, NY Times, Health IT

Your Comments are Needed!1 comment

healthyadvances wrote 3 weeks ago: HHS is gathering comments on how you would like your health information to be used, especially aft … more →

Tags: health, minority health, Comments, Electronic Records, meaningful use

Live it: Federal initiatives in response to Olmstead

naricspotlight wrote 3 weeks ago: The White House and the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services t … more →

Tags: Grant/scholarship opportunity, Project, Community Living, housing, HUD, Independent Living, Olmstead, participation

Wanna Be An Inspector General?2 comments

tarheeltalker wrote 4 weeks ago: The title is not really  a trick question, but then again, it may be. I will confess to having not e … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, glenn beck, Michele Obama, Charles Grassley, Gerald Walpin, kevin johnson, NBA, AmeriCorps

Dump the Dems 11: Sibelius Says Obama's Going to Fix It So There Can NEVER Be National Health

Mick wrote 1 month ago: I’m getting a bit confused. On hand #1 Obama says he thinks we need a “public health opt … more →

Tags: Democrats, Dump the Dems, Health Care, obama, Sec Kathleen Sibelius, Single Payer


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