New York Governor Kathy Hochul released a proposed set of cybersecurity regulations that require hospitals to establish new policies and procedures to protect themselves from ever-intensifying cyber threats. The state also put aside $500 million in funding to help hospitals upgrade their technology systems to comply with these new rules.
Cost is a primary reason people avoid or delay care, even when they are insured. But increasingly consumers are talking with providers, shopping around and taking advantage of cost transparency tools to access the care they need.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Eleven health systems have joined the coalition, which aims to extend and expand the existing federal hospital-at-home waivers and create an advanced acute care-at-home delivery model at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.
Eleven provider organizations sent a letter to HHS urging them to reconsider the new rules around quality measurement and reporting for ACOs. One of the reasons these rules are burdensome and should be revised is the lack of EHR interoperability, they said.
A group of healthcare stakeholders — Amazon Care, Intermountain Healthcare and Ascension, to name a few — has created an alliance to advocate for home-based care services through policy changes.
Ann Waldo, who runs a boutique law firm specializing in privacy law, health policy and data strategy for digital health companies, took part in a discussion on navigating regulatory hurdles in digital health at Health Datapalooza this week.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The new rules are set to go into effect in July, but they may be delayed as President Donald Trump’s administration reviews regulations that have been drafted or finalized but not yet implemented.
The MACRA Quality Payment Program is spelled out in a massive rule, nearly 2,400 pages long, including the usual, long preamble explaining the rationale behind CMS decision-making.
This rule does not supplant the existing, much-criticized EHR certification program that has been in place since Meaningful Use came about in 2011.
CMS will offer four options for physicians to participate in the outcomes-focused initiative next year.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Aside from the current congressional logjam, gridlock or whatever your preferred metaphor may be, consider the fact that we are now embarking upon the general election season, which tends to add an additional layer of grandstanding and substantive paralysis to the usual fever dreams of the Potomac.
The public comment period on proposed rules for implementing MACRA closed Monday.
This may sound cynical, but there are probably only two rational choices for clinicians going forward: become a salaried employee delivering clinical care or become a hospital-based clinician exempted from the madness.
If we in the patient community do not raise questions and objections to this critically important MACRA rule, you will definitely not believe what happens next.
Given the size of the document, reactions are trickling rather than flooding in, but sentiments are mixed. There's plenty of confusion, for sure.