Government & Policy
The delay is considered a blow to Republican efforts to gather enough consensus to pass the American Health Care Act.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma calls Obamacare a broken promise during the meeting.
Shulkin said it had been a "strategic mistake" to not rethink VistA concurrently with the Department of Defense's EHR modernization, but promised a clear vision for the VA's health IT strategy by the summer.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows says he is a firm "no" and that he has at least 22 votes from conservative hard-liners to defeat the bill.
It turns out many healthcare providers expected, or at least hoped, that the initiative would be delayed. It’s still coming and they need to prepare now.
The latest iteration of Republicans American Health Care Act would give governors more flexibility in administering Medicaid, enhance tax credits for people 55-64 years old and other targeted changes.
The newly-appointed John Fleming said that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT may be reorganizing.
The plan would cut $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health and research institutions are saying the move could be potentially devastating to their work.
More than 4,000 ransomware attacks occur daily and healthcare is the largest target. Despite HHS requirements and significant risk of untimely notification, however, breach reporting doesn’t match up.
A look at the agencies hit hardest and those that stand to benefit, funding-wise, in Trump’s budget proposal.