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A Department of Health and Human Services advisory group has proposed broad steps that healthcare organizations should take in order to establish their corporate identities for the simple exchanges of patient information that will be required under the first stage of meaningful use.
A class action filed against Florida insurer AvMed Health Plans seeks redress for a data breach that occurred when two laptops, containing patient information for 1.2 million members, were stolen from the company's headquarters in December 2009.
Pediatrician and Harvard professor Donald Berwick, MD, chief of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services since July 12, went to Capitol Hill Wednesday to outline the agency's plans for making the programs stronger and more modern, in part by employing health information technology.
Organizations exchanging health data should possess digital credentials to verify their corporate identity, privacy panel says.
As it seeks to increase electronic health data sharing, Verizon will begin in January to issue free medical identity credentials to 2.3 million U.S. physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
Quality Partners of Rhode Island, whose focus is on healthcare quality improvement, has been selected to serve on the Health Information Technology Competency Taskforce, funded through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
The TriZetto Group has announced plans to enhance its care management and value-based solutions for health plan members and their providers through a strategic partnership with clinical analytics developer MEDai.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has opened the doors to its innovation center, where it plans to test models of coordinated care for patients as well shared payments for healthcare providers in various real-world settings.
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) is slated to release updates on Dec. 16 to its Common Security Framework (CSF), which officials say is the most comprehensive and widely adopted security framework in the U.S. healthcare industry.
With the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS plans to test integrated care and payment models that improve quality and cut costs.