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By Jessica Davis | 11:18 am | May 10, 2018
VA CFO Jon Rychalski told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the latest delays in contract negotiations were because the acting secretary “came in cold” to the position.
By Susan Morse | 05:56 pm | May 09, 2018
New partnership led by Andy Slavitt, Trevor Price and David Whelan plans to focus on innovation for the medically underserved.
By HIMSS TV | 03:55 pm | May 09, 2018
Drew Myklegard of the VA project, discusses the role outside developers can do to improve the agency's care for veterans.  
By Jessica Davis | 02:22 pm | May 09, 2018
The bills, introduced by the Committee on Veterans Affairs, also give legislative authority for VA providers to practice telemedicine across state lines.
By Mike Miliard | 01:57 pm | May 09, 2018
The Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act now heads to the House, where there is similar bipartisan legislation.
By Bernie Monegain | 04:14 pm | May 08, 2018
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with the tech sector to talk about the industry's diversity problems.
By Jessica Davis | 02:47 pm | May 08, 2018
Inspector general says Defense Health Agency sites failed to consistently implement technical, physical and administrative protocols and may have violated HIPAA regulations in the process.
By Mike Miliard | 01:04 pm | May 07, 2018
A new public-private advisory council will work to build out the information exchange, which providers used to access health data for patients displaced by the California wildfires.
By Tom Sullivan | 12:33 pm | May 07, 2018
U.S. government got approximately $125 million out of the False Claims case but what about eClinicalWorks customers?
By Jessica Davis | 05:24 pm | May 04, 2018
The bill is a compromise from proposals made in the fall and would let veterans see a private sector provider if a VA provider agrees it’s in their best interest.