Policy and Legislation
HIMSS23
Connecticut Office of Health Strategy is a think tank around health policy in the state, says Sumit Sajnani, health information technology officer at the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy.
Medicare will cover drugs with traditional FDA approval when a physician and clinical team participates in a registry.
HIMSS23
HIMSS23 saw the launch of the Native American Indigenous People's Community and next year, says Tom Leary, SVP and head of government relations at HIMSS, "we hope to have an even louder voice in international engagement."
In the nine months following the Dobbs decision, an average of 2,849 fewer abortions were provided in the U.S. each month.
The science is there, but not the capital to get certain drugs to market. That means choices are being made, one says.
More than two-thirds of individuals who had Medicaid during the pandemic had their coverage terminated for procedural reasons, according to KFF.
One allows managed care plans to complete certain parts of the renewal form on behalf of Medicaid beneficiaries.
HIMSS23
Health IT modernization effort is underway, while honoring the data sovereignty of the separate communities, says A.C. Locklear, the board's federal relations director.
HIMSS23
Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses using data to determine patients at risk and programs that will make a difference.
The rule would allow CMS to have more insight into what the most expensive drugs on the market actually cost to manufacture and distribute.