Tom Sullivan
Based on the Supreme Court's ruling, states now can refuse to expand Medicaid without losing federal funding. But how does that bode for the future of Medicaid?
A new paper from IT consulting firm Net(net) says healthcare pays 17 percent more than other industries for information technology. Here are 12 reasons why.
Republicans say "no." At least one is calling for a Senate vote to follow. Democrats, however, are asking why vote again, particularly now that the Supreme Court upheld the ACA as constitutional.
While one survey found a slight uptick in the popularity of Obamacare since the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the larger question pertains to whether or not the legislative victory will help President Obama in the long-run, and that jury is still out.
Government Health IT Editor Tom Sullivan spoke with Bill Bernstein, chairman of the healthcare division at law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, which works with states and providers on health IT and related public policy issues, on the implication of the Supreme Court's ACA ruling and how it affects how the law will ultimately play out, health IT projects, and the impact it could have on Republican presumptive nominee Mitt Romney, who has been stumping on ACA repeal.
Paul Hensler, CEO of Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, Calif., talks about the challenges facing public hospitals amidst a contentious health care reform debate and presidential election year.
A political debate is heating up in Connecticut as politicians consider the ramifications if the ACA is ruled unconstitutional.
ICD-10 and electronic health records are most frequently considered separate projects, undertaken by separate teams -- but perhaps they ought not be. Heather Haugen, vice president of research at the Breakaway Group explains.
The newly-proposed ICD-10 compliance deadline of October 1, 2014, won't please every healthcare organization. What it does accomplish, though, is to give them a bit of leeway in their project planning. Kaveh Safavi, managing director Accenture's North America health industry unit, discusses the implications.
Citing a CMS survey that found one quarter of providers do not believe they will be ready by October 1, 2013, HHS argues for delaying ICD-10 implementation by one year.