Government & Policy
HIMSS17 roundup: Emerging technologies, reality check on ACA repeal, Dan Rather's reasons for optim…
This year's conference hit on many healthcare trends, including machine learning, analytics and population health. And then there were Dan Rather, Ginni Rometty, John Boehner and Michael Leavitt. Here are the high points, all in one place.
The proposed legislation would also keep two key provisions: Adult children can stay on their parents' insurance plan until age 26 and insurers cannot charge people with preexisting medical conditions more for coverage.
Michael Kratsios will replace Alexander Macgillivray, though the President has not yet named a Chief Technology Officer to take over for Megan Smith.
Lygeia Ricciardi's advice for leadership, and social media, in a time of political uncertainty around the Affordable Care Act and the fate of health reform in America.
The latest draft would phase out Medicaid expansion for low-income adults and convert to block grants for the states.
The External HIPAA Audit Readiness Toolkit, free for members, includes checklists for HIPAA audit steps, a list of potential documents OCR could request and a master policy template for the privacy and security compliance program.
The Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act and the INSPIRE Act promise more policies concerning women in the workforce.
While the number of flaws has decreased from year to year, HHS still needs to work on identity and access management, security training and incident response, among other areas.
The Government Accountability Office determined in an investigation that Health and Human Services has not measured whether its efforts are working and lacks a comprehensive plan for doing so.
The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals have already warned of "an unprecedented public health crisis" if Congress and Trump hastily repeal the Affordable Care Act.