Policy & Regulation


The highly regulated health care industry must contend with an ever-changing array of mandates from the state and federal governments. In this section, stories cover a broad range of laws that affect privacy and security of health information, the use of medical devices, and initiatives requiring data reporting for quality purposes. In addition, health care reform topics such as accountable care organizations and health insurance exchanges are covered here.


Why ACOs Will Be Different

Gary Baldwin | May 15
Two presenters at the Health 2.0 conference in Boston assert that, unlike the managed care payment models of the past, accountable care organizations have a much better chance of success.
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Revenue Cycle Management
Disease Management
Chronic Care
Health Info Exchange
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers

AMA: Postpone ICD-10 At Least Two Years

Joseph Goedert | May 14
The ICD-10 compliance date should, at minimum, be pushed back two years to Oct. 1, 2015, the American Medical Association contends in a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Comments (1)
Coding
Electronic Data Interchange
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers
Revenue Cycle Management

AHIMA Summit Focuses on Long-Term Care

Joseph Goedert | May 14
The American Health Information Management Association will host the 2012 Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Health IT Summit, June 18-19 in Baltimore.
Document Management
Chronic Care
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals

Association for HIT Leaders Comments on ICD-10

Joseph Goedert | May 14
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, in a comment letter, expresses support for the government’s decision to delay ICD-10 implementation to October 2014.
Coding
EHR
Decision Support
Group Practices
Hospitals
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Revenue Cycle Management
Payers

Deadline Nears for HDM Health I.T Young Bloods Contest

Gary Baldwin | May 14
Entries are now being accepted for the first “Health I.T. Young Bloods” contest sponsored by Health Data Management. The contest deadline is Monday, May 21.
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers

HIT Policy Committee Seeks Consumer Advocate

Joseph Goedert | May 14
A consumer advocate position is open on the HIT Policy Committee, comprising stakeholders who advise federal officials on the nation’s strategy for widespread use of health information technology.
Data Security
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals
Stimulus
Health Info Exchange

ONC Seeks Input on NwHIN Governance

Joseph Goedert | May 11
The Office of the National Coordinator for HIT has issued a request for information on establishing a governance mechanism for the emerging Nationwide Health Information Network.
Health Info Exchange
Chronic Care
Disease Management
Data Security
Decision Support
EHR
Web Technology
Group Practices
Payers
Hospitals

IRS Notices Address Employer Pay-or-Play Under Reform

Edward I. Leeds & Clifford J. Schoner | May 11
In a series of three notices, the IRS has signaled the approach that it may take on certain key issues arising under the employer shared responsibility, or "pay or play,” provisions of the Affordable Care Act and is seeking comment on these and other questions. All of the matters discussed in the notices will ultimately be addressed in regulations.
Payers
Revenue Cycle Management

ONC Makes Programs Data Available Via Dashboard

Joseph Goedert | May 10
The Office of the National Coordinator for HIT has introduced on its Web site a dashboard of summary information on all of the office’s programs.
Web Technology
EHR
Stimulus

CMS Rule Aims to Cut Regulatory Burdens

Joseph Goedert | May 10
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a final rule making changes to many regulatory provisions to reduce bureaucratic burdens on providers and promote the efficiency of various programs.
Payers
Hospitals
Group Practices

Rep. Ellmers to CMS: Exempt Small Practice and Elderly Docs from Meaningful Use

Joseph Goedert | May 10
Hundreds of public comments on the proposed Stage 2 electronic health records meaningful use rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services now are online at regulations.gov, by entering CMS-2012-0022 in the search box.
Comments (1)
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers
Stimulus

AHIMA Comments on Rule to Delay ICD-10

Joseph Goedert | May 09
The American Health Information Management association, in a comment letter on the April 17 proposed rule to delay ICD-10 implementation by one year, seeks guarantees that there will not be further deadline extensions.
Coding
EHR
Revenue Cycle Management
Group Practices
Document Management
Hospitals

Coalition to CMS: Increase Stage 2 Focus on Data Exchange

Joseph Goedert | May 09
A coalition of stakeholders is asking federal officials to take bold steps to increase health information exchange under the Stage 2 meaningful use program.
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers
Stimulus

HIMSS: Limit Clinical Quality Measures in Stage 2

Joseph Goedert | May 09
The release date for clinical quality measure specifications under the proposed Stage 2 meaningful use criteria does not provide enough lead time for review, development and certification efforts by vendors, and implementation by providers, according to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers
Stimulus

Stage 2 Crunch Time Comes for CMS

Joseph Goedert | May 09
Industry stakeholders have filed comment letters on the proposed Stage 2 electronic health records meaningful use criteria, and now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will start to digest it all.
Hospitals
Group Practices
Payers
Stimulus
EHR
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