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Innovation
Are You Prepared for Information Blocking and Interoperability Compliance? Here's HelpNonprofit The Sequoia Project offers a free webinar and materials to help organizations prepare for compliance, which will be "resource...
Finance
HHS Awards $100M to Health Centers to Prepare for COVID-19The aid comes three weeks after President Donald Trump signed a $8.3 billion coronavirus funding package.
Clinical Care
Surgeon General Urges Providers to 'Consider Stopping Elective Surgeries.' Hospitals Push Back.AHA and other stakeholders say their "ability to respond to patients must not be prevented by arbitrary directives."
Strategy
President Trump Declares National Emergency Due to COVID-19 Outbreak, Includes Hospital WaiversThe announcement came one week after President Trump signed an $8.3 billion funding bill to combat the coronavirus crisis.
Innovation
Information Blocking: What to Know and How to Navigate Next StepsONC and industry experts share details behind data blocking; penalties have not yet been set.
Finance
Texas Physicians Group Pays $1.2M to Settle False Claims AllegationsA whistleblower complaint alleged that Millennium Physicians Association PLLC billed Medicare for sleep studies conducted by uncredentialed technicians.
Innovation
HHS Interoperability Rules Get Mixed ResponseSome express concerns about patient privacy, provider API costs, and no interim rule; ONC says data access is a patient's...
Innovation
Coronavirus Won't Knock Out HIMSS 20; Trump to SpeakThe Orlando conference, which expects 45,000 attendees, will proceed as planned; precautions will be taken to mitigate risk.
Innovation
HHS Unveils Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden for CliniciansRecommendations aim to reduce the effort and time required by clinicians to meet reporting requirements, record health information, and improve...
Strategy
Appeals Court Shuts Down Medicaid Work RequirementsThe appellate court ruled that HHS Secretary Alex Azar's approval of a Section 1115 waiver for Arkansas was "arbitrary and...
Strategy
President Trump Defends Price Transparency Rule, Attacks Medicare for All at State of the UnionPresident Donald Trump also called on Congress to deliver a bipartisan plan to lower prescription drug prices.
Strategy
What Healthcare Policies Will President Trump Highlight at the State of the Union?President Trump is likely to focus his message on several healthcare policy objectives as he aims for reelection in November.