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The U.S. contends that NextGen falsely obtained certification for its software and that its EHR lacked required functionality.

The switch to value, along with legislative and technological advances, is modernizing interoperability for payers and providers.

A healthcare revolution is underway and a fundamental change in healthcare delivery and payment models is taking place. Only highly-integrated networks with proven care management capability will be optimally positioned to compete in the new environment.

Financial incentives continue to lead more healthcare providers to adopt electronic health records, according to a data brief from the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

Healthcare IT News Managing Editor Mike Milliard spoke recently with TIME magazine correspondent Michael Grunwald about his book, "The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era" and about the lasting impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has announced that it has been named an authorized certification body (ONC-ACB) by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to certify electronic health records for the federal Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology.

The U.S. Department of Labor recently launched a new online tool that will allow current and prospective healthcare workers to explore more than 80 occupations, identify local education and training programs and tap into current job listings.

Propelled by government incentives, a desire to improve patient outcomes and the bottom line, sales of electronic medical records reached $17.9 billion in 2011, up 14.2 percent from the previous year, according to market research publisher Kalorama Information.

The recently released report, "The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information: A Business Case for Enhanced PHI Security," highlights the need for organizations to adopt a new method to evaluate the value of PHI, said the leaders of the PHI Project. Along with a five-step method featured in the report, six additional findings help stakeholders understand the influences behind finances and breached PHI.

Spurred by federal funding to upgrade enrollment systems and incentive programs to encourage increased coverage, more than half of the states expanded and simplified their Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs' eligibility, enrollment and renewal procedures in 2011, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.