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CMS released its final rule Friday on Medicaid eligibility. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act widens eligibility for Medicaid to adults with incomes 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or $14,856 for an individual and $30,656 for a family of four.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has made available the next version of the Connect gateway software that incorporates the most up-to-date technical standards and descriptions for the nationwide health information network (NwHIN) Exchange to support functions like patient discovery and query and retrieval of documents.
Doctor shortages are projected to be at nearly 30,000 in the next few years, but according to a recent article published in The Atlantic, one area is seeing an influx of new docs -- hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released on March 16 its final rule on changes to Medicaid eligibility to support policies that will expand insurance to millions of uninsured Americans and provide simple procedures to gain coverage. Medicaid expansion relies heavily on the use of information technology to automate and coordinate processes.
Pacific Gateway, a regional workforce development agency in Long Beach, Calif., was awarded $2,816,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to upgrade skills, certifications and training needs in the healthcare sector on Tuesday.
The average per-capita cost of healthcare services in the United States continues to climb but at a slightly slower rate according to Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index.
For the second time, the government has delayed enforcement of HIPAA 5010, CMS said Thursday. The new enforcement date is June 30, 2012.
A report on personalized medicine finds that doctors support the use of genetic testing to help diagnose disease and target prevention, but they are concerned about the costs of those tests.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) announced Thursday it would postpone enforcement of HIPAA 5010 transactions until June 30, 2012, the second three-month delay since going live on January 1.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) has settled a potential violation of HIPAA privacy and security provisions with the Department of Health and Human Services for $1.5 million. It is the first enforcement action resulting from the HITECH Breach Notification Rule.