President Barack Obama has signed a $787 billion stimulus bill into law, and expanding healthcare coverage is clearly one of the plan's largest priorities: Approximately $150 billion is dedicated to healthcare expenditures. The Medicaid supplemental funding and $19 billion earmarked to pay up to 65% of COBRA premiums for laid-off workers are the top two biggest expenditures and comprise more than two-thirds of targeted healthcare spending, for example. Below you will find a comprehensive list of news and analysis about this historic event.
Top Economic Stimulus News:
- Three Philadelphia-area awards for electronic patient records
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 4, 2010 - Workgroup: Mandate Encryption For Provider Information Exchanges
Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, May 25, 2010 - 15 Communities Receive Grants for Health IT Adoption
Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media, May 5, 2010 - 51 Healthcare Groups Call for Changes Of Federal EHR Adoption Proposal
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, May 4, 2010 - Legislation Expands Scope of EHR Meaningful Use Eligibility
Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, April 21, 2010 - EHR Early Adopter Offers Advice for Providers Vetting New Technologies
Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, April 9, 2010 - 27 Senators Tell CMS to Relax, Postpone Meaningful Use Rules
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, March 30, 2010 - Physician Groups Urge Changes, Extensions for Meaningful Use Criteria
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, March 15, 2010 - Senate Jobs Bill Expands EHR Incentive Eligibility
Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, March 12, 2010 - Nonprofit Group Will Lead $3 Billion Meaningful Use Initiative in California
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, March 9, 2010 - Physicians Worried Proposed Meaningful Use Will Decrease Productivity
Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, March 8, 2010 - Get Moving to Catch Early EHR Meaningful Use Incentives
Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, March 4, 2010 - Proposed EHR Certification Program Won't Inhibit Innovation, Says Blumenthal
Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, March 3, 2010 - Physicians Plunging into EMRs, But Expect Lots of Help
Rick Johnson, for HealthLeaders Media, March 2, 2010 - Is There a Realistic Approach to Meaningful Use?
Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, March 1, 2010 - HIMSS Survey: Meaningful Use is Driver of Health IT Spending
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, March 1, 2010 - Meaningful Use Approach Too Ambitious, Says Group
Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, March 1, 2010 - EMR Adoption: Starting to Evolve or Still Stuck in the Past?
Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, February 23, 2010 - Federal Committee Recommends Changes to EHR Meaningful Use Rule
Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, February 22, 2010 - Health IT's Three Big Issues: Money, Money, and Money
Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, February 16, 2010 - What Meaningful Use Means For You Now
Andrea Kraynak, for HealthLeaders Media, February 16, 2010 - Beyond Meaningful Use
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Magazine, February 2010 - Obama administration makes grants for health IT
AP/Yahoo News, February 12, 2010 - Comparative-effectiveness: A simple healthcare fix fizzles out
Wall Street Journal, February 11, 2010 - University of Miami gets $14.8 million to build brain imaging annex
Miami Herald, February 5, 2010 - Obama's Budget: More Money, New Name for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, February 4, 2010 - Many Small Practice Physicians Putting off Meaningful Use Guidelines
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, February 4, 2010 - Little Known ARRA Provision Can Help Finance Health IT
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, February 2, 2010 - Meaningful Use Calls for Meaningful Risk Analysis
Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, February 1, 2010 - New Meaningful Use Interim Standards Require Encryption Capabilities
Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, January 27, 2010 - Health IT Panel: Use Technology Now to Help Transform Healthcare
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, January 26, 2010 - Quality Reporting May Prove Challenging Under Meaningful Use
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, January 19, 2010 - How Ready Are Hospitals for Meaningful Use?
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, , January 12, 2010 - Audio Feature: Reaction to Meaningful Use Definition
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, January 12, 2010 - How Meaningful is Meaningful Use?
Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media, January 7, 2010 - Nine Healthcare Executives Respond to the Meaningful Use Definition
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, January 5, 2010 - Provider Organizations Unhappy with Proposed Health IT Rules
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, January 4, 2010 - HHS unveils meaningful use plan
Wall Street Journal Health Blog, December 31, 2009 - Marathon of Meaningful Use, EHR Standards Just Beginning
Dom Nicastro and Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, December 31, 2009 - Obstacles Remain for Meaningful Use of Health IT
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, December 29, 2009 - HHS Offers $60M Grants for Strategic Health IT Projects
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, December 21, 2009 - Hospital groups weigh in on federal stimulus package definitions
iHealthBeat, December 15, 2009 - Massachusetts health clinics receive $80 million boost
Boston Globe, December 10, 2009 - Stimulus Money Protected Medicaid/CHIP, Says Kaiser Survey
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, December 9, 2009 - Obama to give $600 million to health centers
Reuters/Yahoo News, December 9, 2009 - End of COBRA subsidy slams jobless, fuels debate about public option
Hartford Courant, December 3, 2009 - CCHIT Certifies First EHR Programs Under Federal Standards
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, December 1, 2009 - COBRA subsidies begin expiring for the unemployed
Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2009 - Iowa Medicaid Program is First to Receive EHR Incentive Grant
Les Masterson, for HealthLeaders Media, November 23, 2009 - HHS Will Spend $9 Million on Tracking ASC Infection Rates
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, November 10, 2009 - Sen. Chuck Grassley has questions for the health IT industry
Wall Street Journal Health Blog, October 27, 2009 - Group seeks to unify Florida medical records
Miami Herald, October 19, 2009 - Physicians' View on North Shore's $400 Million EHR Investment
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, October 13, 2009 - Physicians' View on North Shore's $400 Million EHR Investment
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, October 13, 2009 - Connecticut gets hospital infection funding
AP/Hartford Courant, October 12, 2009 - A Jobless Recovery Will Prolong Physician Financial Woes
Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media, October 8, 2009 - Three Barriers to Effectively Using Information Stored in EHRs
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, October 6, 2009 - OIG Gets Proactive in 2010 Work Plan
Kristen Kohrt, for HealthLeaders Media, October 5, 2009 - Rate of enrollment in Medicaid rose rapidly, report says
New York Times, October 1, 2009 - Obama announces $5 billion for new healthcare jobs
Reuters, October 1, 2009 - Nevada governor names health info technology panel
AP/San Francisco Chronicle, September 17, 2009 - Measuring the Effectiveness of Imaging Tests Not Clear Cut
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, September 15, 2009 - Setting the Bar
Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media, September 10, 2009 - Impact of the HITECH Act on a Michigan Hospital's IT Strategy
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, September 8, 2009 - Will the HITECH Act be Effective or a Bust?
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, September 1, 2009 - CCHIT Remains the Only Certifying Body for EHRs—But Not for Long
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, August 19, 2009 - HIT Lessons from Across the Pond
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, August 4, 2009 - Agencies seek to use stimulus funds to find cheaper healthcare
Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2009 - HHS Releases $200 Million for Healthcare Training
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, July 29, 2009 - The State of Health Information Exchanges
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, July 28, 2009 - Six Must-know Tips to Implement an Effective EHR
Lisa Eramo, for HealthLeaders Media, July 21, 2009 - "Meaningful Use" Goals Still Out of Reach
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, July 21, 2009 - Seven Ways to Get Value From Your EMR
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, July 14, 2009 - Stimulus provides help for the uninsured
Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2009 - About 45,000 Docs Qualify for Medicaid HIT Money
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, July 8, 2009 - Health Delivery Tops IOM's Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2009 - Health Delivery Tops IOM's Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2009 - Federal Panel Defines Comparative Effectiveness Research
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2009 - Meaningful Use: All Stick and No Carrot
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, June 23, 2009 - A push for the wired patient's bill of rights
New York Times, June 23, 2009 - Meaningful Use First Draft Could Guide Final Definition
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, June 18, 2009 - Meaningful Use: Defined by HIT Policy Committee
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, June 16, 2009 - The Meaning of Meaningful Use
Carrie Vaughan and John Commins, for HealthLeaders Magazine, June 2009 - Existing Databases Make Tracking Comparative Effectiveness Research Difficult
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, June 12, 2009 - Health Information Exchange Will Allow Patients to Share Medical Information
Lisa Eramo, for HealthLeaders Media, June 11, 2009 - New CCHIT Certification Process to Remain Flexible
Lisa Eramo, for HealthLeaders Media, May 28, 2009 - The Holy Grail of Evidence-Based Medicine
Mark Hochstetler, MD, for HealthLeaders Media, May 28, 2009 - CCHIT to adapt programs to federal health IT agenda
Government Health IT, May 26, 2009 - Comparative Effectiveness is Limited in Other Countries
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, May 20, 2009 - Much of the Stimulus Money for Native American Care Will Replace Two Facilities
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, May 18, 2009 - HIT Panel Looks to Define Standards, Specifications Before Tackling Meaningful Use
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, May 18, 2009 - Cash for Computers
John Commins and Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Magazine, May 2009 - Stimulus for Quality?
Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Magazine, May 2009 - The Hybrid, the Stimulus & You
Kathryn Mackenzie, for HealthLeaders Magazine, May 2009 - Questions Remain About Definition of 'Meaningful Use'
Lisa Eramo, for HealthLeaders Media, May 7, 2009 - Lines drawn on comparing medical treatments
New York Times, May 7, 2009 - Industry Weighs in on Definition of Meaningful Use
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, May 6, 2009 - EHRs, Meaningful Use Get Spotlight
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, May 1, 2009 - AHA: Hospitals in Critical Condition
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, April 27, 2009 - Commentary: Five myths on healthcare's electronic fix-it
Washington Post, April 27, 2009 - The Dare to Compare
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, April 23, 2009 - Stimulus Loophole May Allow States to Divert Medicaid Funds
Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Media, April 22, 2009 - HHS issues draft guidance on securing PHI
Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, April 21, 2009 - Winners and Losers of HIT Stimulus Funds
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, April 21, 2009 - Hospital CIOs: EHR Carrot Too Small, Stick Too Big
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, April 16, 2009 - Federal Panel Hears Advice, Concerns about Comparative Effectiveness Research Efforts
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, April 15, 2009 - HIMSS09 Recap: Stimulus, Interoperability, and More
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, April 14, 2009 - Can Safety Nets Climb up the Stimulus Heap?
Michelle Ponte, for HealthLeaders Media, April 13, 2009 - Securing Stimulus Dollars Will Require Sacrifice and Swift Action
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, April 10, 2009 - Stimulus targets struggling families
Washington Post, April 10, 2009 - Federal aid to help New Jersey health centers
NJ.com, April 8, 2009 - Live from HIMSS: Take Advantage of Stimulus Money
Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Media, April 7, 2009 - Critics: CT governor's proposed Medicaid cuts go against spirit of stimulus
Hartford Courant, April 2, 2009 - Community health centers getting a U.S. booster shot
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 30, 2009 - Tennessee health centers get $6.5 million in stimulus funds
The Tennessean, March 30, 2009 - Florida gets $363 million in Medicaid funds
Orlando Business Journal, March 27, 2009 - Nebraska telehealth network gets federal support
AP/KCAUtv.com, March 26, 2009