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The escalating frequency and intensity of extreme heat events, exacerbated by climate change, pose a significant and growing threat to public health. By leveraging funding mechanisms, incentives, and requirements, HHS can strengthen health system preparedness.

On December 13, 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ("ONC") within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule titled "Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability.

On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a far-reaching proposed rule...

On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a far-reaching proposed...

Many health organizations are working to get patient information flowing more seamlessly, but data overload can frustrate clinicians. In a HIMSS23 Views from the Top session preview, athenahealth CEO Bob Segert offers thoughts on how IT can help.

General acute care hospitals are projected to get a 3.2% increase in operating payment rates under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System proposed rule released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS estimates that payments to hospitals will increase in 2023 by $1.6 billion. The proposed

Recoveries in FY 2021 drastically increased compared to those in FY 2020. The US$5.6 billion in recoveries reported by the DOJ in its 1 February 2022 press release is more than double the US$2.2 billion recovered in FY 2020 and is the second-largest ever recorded.

Technology has the potential to transform healthcare, by reducing the need for HCPs to perform repetitive, tedious administrative tasks such as documentation for regulatory and billing purposes.

Advertisement Whistleblower Rewarded over $800,000 for Reporting to the Government a Kickback Scheme of a Software Developer of Electronic Health Records Tuesday, May 4, 2021 May 4, 2021.  A False Claims Act whistleblower received a nearly $800,000 whistleblower reward for reporting a kickback scheme of a software developer of electronic health records (EHR).  This software developer called CareCloud Health, Inc., based in Miami, Florida, agreed to pay the Department of Justice almo...