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Though there has been much speculation and commentary among industry stakeholders, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health...

A year-long investigation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee has revealed that Tony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and at least a dozen other directors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were probably not legally appointed to their offices. Fauci and the others were […]

The 21st Century Cures Act requires that test results be released to patients even before their health care provider has reviewed them. Natalia Gdovskaia/Moment via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Patients overwhelmingly prefer to see their medical test results online immediately, even if that means viewing results before discussing them with a health care professional. These are the key findings from our team’s recent study, pu...

Noah Coughlan recently embarked on his fourth run across the United States, and Montana was one of his stops.

On 27 June 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General posted its long-awaited final rule related to the federal information blocking regulations and the issuance of civil monetary penalties.

On June 27th, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) posted its final rule (Final Rule), which amends the OIG’s civil monetary...

In April 2022, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced in an OIG Work Plan update that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be auditing how states...

Dr. Don Rucker, now chief strategy officer with 1upHealth, weighs in on where TEFCA is headed and his fundamental concerns about veering away from the way the rest of industry computes.

Dr. Don Rucker, now chief strategy officer with 1UpHealth, makes the case for a FHIR-based TEFCA to hasten the speed of interoperability. "Let's not reinvent," he said.

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