Policy and Legislation
The current public health emergency ends on April 16, but HHS has promised providers 60 days notice.
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HIMSS SVP of government relations Tom Leary discusses HIMSS' efforts with Congress to ease access to telehealth and to improve remote patient monitoring, and how the HIMSS Foundation would like to diversify the healthcare IT workforce.
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Barclay Butler, director of the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office, examines coordination of healthcare for beneficiaries and servicemembers.
The combined nonprofit health system will encompass 33 hospitals and 385 clinics spread across six states.
The interpretation of affordability would take effect beginning January 1, 2023, in time for the next open enrollment period.
AHIP praises the administration for promoting innovation and flexibility but expresses concerns over potentially "unworkable" policies.
The number of Medicaid beneficiaries using the technology is on the upswing, with five states showing big increases during the pandemic.
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The pandemic and the EHR modernization initiative have changed the landscape of federal health IT, according to Dr. Terry Adirim, VA program executive director; FEHRM director Bill Tinston; and Holly Joers, program executive officer at the DOD.
The partnership is meant in part to ensure compliance with CMS price transparency rules for insurers.
Such patients are now assured coverage for a full 12 months after pregnancy, with Louisiana first in line to take advantage of the extension.