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GAO: October HIX deadline is a challenge

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launches a new website devoted to health insurance exchange, a new report from the General Accountability Office (GAO) assesses the readiness of federally facilitated health insurance exchanges to be operational by Oct. 1 to support open enrollment for insurance coverage that starts in January 2014.

HHS launches Health Insurance Marketplace website, call center

Signaling its drive to ready Americans for open enrollment of health insurance exchanges in October, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the consumer website, HealthCare.gov, and consumer call center to help individuals select the most appropriate coverage, according to a June 24 announcement. The agency stressed that it is on target for the fall enrollment, with coverage expected to begin in 2014.

Bill calls for greater transparency in Medicare claims data

A bipartisan bill in the Senate is calling for greater transparency in the Medicare claims data program.

Legislation calls for new Office of Wireless Health

The Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act, reintroduced by Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.) on June 13, calls for the establishment of an Office of Wireless Health in the FDA. The bill was first introduced last December but did not progress beyond the committee level.

PwC: Healthcare spending projected to dip

Healthcare inflation in the U.S. is projected to dip to 6.5 percent in 2014, according to PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) in its annual report, Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers. The ongoing slowdown in the healthcare growth rate defies historical post-recession patterns and is likely to be sustained even as the Affordable Care Act adds millions more newly-insured Americans to the health system in 2014.

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Shasta Regional slapped with $275K HIPAA fine

Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) agreed to pay $275,000 and undertake a corrective action plan after a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigation uncovered HIPAA violations stemming from unauthorized disclosure of a patient’s personal health information.  

Berwick sets sights on Mass. governorship

Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, has set his sights of the position of governor of Massachusetts.

CMS seeks test EHRs

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is seeking several test EHRs for the agency to use in the Meaningful Use (MU) attestation process.

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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.

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