May 2014

Major health plans agree to open up pricing data to consumers ()
Patients impacted by phishing email scheme ()
6 steps the government needs to take to advance telehealth ()
ONC renews ANSI as certification accreditor ()
Health IT Summit: Trust matters with privacy and security ()
Health IT Summit: Halamka predicts only 20% will achieve MU Stage 2 ()
Foundation calls for telehealth mandate, fines for states that don't offer the service ()
Moving the goalposts ()
Healthcare execs name UnitedHealthcare as the insurer they trust the least ()
Irving Levin finds decline in healthcare merger and acquisition activity ()
Catholic Health faces second breach in five months ()
AMA calls for reduced requirements, penalties for MU program ()
Moody’s downgrades Indiana’s Good Samaritan Hospital and places Detroit’s Henry Ford Health System under review ()
Physician recruitment competition increases starting salaries and benefits ()
HHS, other agencies fail to meet IT goals ()
New software aims to solve interoperability issue ()
Mercy Starts Construction on Nation’s First Virtual Care Center ()
CMS posts new quality reporting resources ()
ONC offers advice on patient-generated health data ()
Jersey City Medical Center Reports Significant Cost and Time Savings Through Practice Unite® Mobile App ()
FIGMD, Inc. Announces Launch of Clinical Data Registry Platform on Google Glass ()
eHealth Excellence Award Winners Announced at MEDSEEK Client Congress ()
Quintiles Announces Agreement to Acquire Encore Health Resources ()
Summit Health Management Fully Transitions to the Cloud; Expands Partnership with athenahealth ()
Calif. systems partner for innovation ()
Burwell pledges to bring bipartisanism to CMS ()
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center pay largest ever HIPAA settlement ()
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center pay largest ever HIPAA settlement ()
Union drops controversial ballot initiatives in exchange for concessions from California Hospital Association ()
This week in health IT: Record fine, ONC activity ()
Winter hits first combined CHS-HMA financials ()
HITPC workgroup supports narrowed focus of EHR certification program ()
Baptist Health settles false claims allegations for $2.5 million ()
CMS cuts red tape to save providers millions ()
Providers and vendors: Simplify EHR certification, advance interoperability ()
Insight on the FDASIA draft report on health IT, patient safety ()
$4.8M HIPAA fine sets new record ()
AHA: 6 in 10 hospitals exchange data to outside providers ()
Surescripts recognizes 51 vendors and health systems for quality eRx ()
Dr. Morris-Singer: Addressing the primary-care shortage through grassroots advocacy ()
ONC touts progress on EHR adoption but Stage 2 meaningful use achievement is low ()
AHA members bring long list of issues to the Hill ()
Hospitals buying up physician practices increases cost of care, new study finds ()
HITPC: The thinking behind the proposed rule for 2015 edition CEHRT ()
HITPC endorses two measures for LTPAC and BH EHR certification ()
HITPC talks exchange of behavioral health, sensitive data ()
HITPC: ONC provides update on MU, including exceptions ()
Settlement requires R.I. HIE to boost transparency ()
Healthcare system demands physician leaders ()
Survey: Online record access outweighs privacy risk ()
N. American healthcare cloud computing market to reach $6.5B by 2018 ()
MRO Announces Founding Membership with Carequality ()
JAHIMA spotlights education needs of HIM workforce ()
Estimated ACO numbers up to 520 ()
Kanda Software- Developed Digital Health Mobile Application Rescufy Wins University of Pennsylvania AppitUP Challenge ()
New Native iPad App for Doctors and Other Medical Professionals That Works Without an Internet ()
Mayo partners with Optum to mine data ()
HITPC to hold hearing on health IT certification program ()
Global patient monitoring devices market estimated to reach $22B by 2018 ()
Transcription vendor fired after data breach ()
House approves VA and Defense budget bill with HIT interoperability requirement ()
Workers confidence poll offers another positive sign for healthcare sector ()
Will new deadline set for ICD-10 stick? ()
Funding expires this year, but most RECs will stay open ()
Healthcare spending spiked in first quarter ()
2015 inpatient PPS rates rule also expands price transparency ()
This week in health IT: Halamka, Reider, more on advancing ()
CMS sets Oct. 1, 2015 as ICD-10 compliance date ()
Kalorama: EMR market tops $23B ()
DirectTrust expands network, increases testing ()
Azalea Health Announces Results of Area’s First Hackathon ()
iTech Announces Partnership With MD-Reports ()