Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies. 

Groups throw support behind MU legislation

Nine specialty societies are expressing their support for legislation that would allow participation in clinical data registries to meet the quality reporting component of the Meaningful Use (MU) program.

ICD-10 pilot project finds testing crucial

According to the results of the HIMSS/WEDI ICD-10 National Pilot Program, any entity touched by the approaching deadline for the new coding system should take testing very seriously.

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Futuristic healthcare impacting care now

This week we brought you coverage of the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit and the first Health IT Policy Committee meeting since former head Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, stepped down.

HITPC: Data portability examined

As evidence suggests a rise of demand for portability across systems, the Health IT Policy Committee requested that the Standards Committee explore the possibility of defining elements of a core clinical record that are easily extractable and consumable by EHRs to support data migration and patient portability use cases.

Meditab Software Guarantees ICD-10 Readiness and Provides Tips on Preparing for the ICD-10 Transition

Meditab Software Inc., known for its award-winning Intelligent Medical Software (IMS) integrated EHR, practice management, patient portal and reporting solutions, is guaranteeing that IMS will be ICD-10 ready by February 15, 2014, and they are backing that guarantee up with a money-back policy.

HITPC: Spotlight on care planning

End-of-life care planning should be an ongoing activity that is not just reserved for critically ill patients or those over 65 years of age, Larry Wolf, health IT strategist, Kindred Healthcare, said at the Health IT Policy Committee.

HITPC: New acting director, post-shutdown news

The first Health IT Policy Committee meeting following the federal government shutdown hiatus and the resignation of former Health IT National Coordinator Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, brought some introductions and news.

CMS seeks public input on MU Stage 3 CQMs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking public comment on several new clinical quality measures for eligible professionals that pertain to Meaningful Use Stage 3.

Around the web

The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.