The cost of the federal health insurance exchange’s portal is now estimated to be more than $2 billion, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Government, reports The Hill. 

Four more healthcare organizations are quitting Medicare’s Pioneer Accountable Care Organization program, reports several news sources.

While the ICD-10 delay afforded organizations an additional year to prepare for the transition, many organizations are not taking advantage of that time, reports Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI).

HACKENSACK, NJ – September 23, 2014 – COTA, Inc. today announced it has closed $3.7 million in a planned $7 million Series A funding round led by Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. (Horizon), with participation from Med-Metrix.

Iodine, a new company slated to launch next week, will harness Google Consumer Surveys to provide an online service with tailored drug-taking information and advice, reports The New York Times.

The National Community for Quality Assurance, a private non-profit organization focused on improving healthcare quality, has ranked Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim as the top insurers based on their quality measures from three performance subcategories—consumer experience, prevention and treatment—and NCQA accreditation.

The ONC’s Office of Clinical Quality and Safety is gearing up to build the foundation for a Health IT Safety Center, according to a Health IT Buzz blog post by the office’s director, Amy Helwig, MD, MS and Chief Nursing Officer Judy Murphy, RN.

The Department of Health and Human Services is long overdue to update its HIPAA guidance to better regulate the rapidly evolving mobile health industry market, according to two House representatives.