Government & Policy

The project led by Yonsei University and Seoul National University aims to develop AI-based screening tools for early autism detection.

ASTP and CMS want to increase Medicare beneficiaries' access to care and are requesting stakeholder input on digital tools and standards-based data exchange. And a report from HHS shows how HL7 Da Vinci Projects can help speed prior auth with FHIR APIs.

Introduced in 2023, the bill would create a Medicare reimbursement pathway for digital prescription therapeutics.

New NIH office will promote human-based research and scale the use of non-animal approaches to biomedical research.

Advocacy is central to HIMSS' work, and forums on healthcare topics and letter-writing campaigns to policymakers help educate and involve the public, says Larry Voyten, chair of the HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Task Force.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the agencies will devise a data use agreement that assures secure access to certain Medicare and Medicaid data with the aim of uncovering root causes of autism.

Also, the South Korean government has launched tariff support for medical device companies following Trump's tariffs.

The lawsuit claims the federal government has violated hundreds of laws and circumvented Congress.

Pressed by lawmakers about changes underway at the agency, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said the VA is addressing bureaucracy that has stymied the electronic health record modernization program.

Health systems, historically wary of making patient data available to payers, have gradually overcome that hesitation due to the positive impact data sharing has had on patient care and outcomes, says PointClickCare's Brian Drozdowicz.