Press Ganey has introduced the transparency Seal of Integrity, which will be used to assure providers, physicians and patients that patient experience data are scientifically rigorous and objectively presented using a standardized rating system. 

Niall Brennan, chief data officer and director of the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is the recipient of the Health Data Consortium's Health Data Liberators Award.

An ICD-10 contingency plan is needed in case the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is unable to process the new codes, members of Congress said in a letter to Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—June 3, 2015—To help hospital organizations and physician practices convert systems, reports and records into the language of ICD-10, 3M has released a new version of the 3M ICD-10 Code Translation Tool, which has been expanded to include Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) and other HCPCS codes.

Providers, clearinghouses and billing agencies have “successfully” participated in the second ICD-10 end-to-end testing week, held April 27 through May 1, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Apervita and Mayo Clinic are partnering to establish a self-service health measures platform. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has adopted a new policy that will allow innovators and entrepreneurs to access CMS data, such as Medicare claims. 

A new data challenge is underway with $40,000 in prizes available for data visualization tools focused on obesity.