Following some congressional pressure, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is releasing a proposed rule (CMS-1454-P) to extend the Dec. 31, 2013 deadline of the safe harbor provision, which allows the donation of EHRs and other services to qualified entities, to Dec. 31, 2016. 

BRANFORD, Conn. and SANTA FE, N.M., April 9, 2013 -- Core Informatics, a leading provider of data management solutions to the life sciences, molecular diagnostics, and energy industries, and OpenEye Scientific Software, a leading developer of innovative molecular modeling and cheminformatics solutions for molecular discovery, announce a new partnership and the integration of OpenEye cheminformatics software into Core Informatics' web-based Laboratory Information Management System (Core LIMS) and Electronic Lab Notebook (Core ELN).

ENGLEWOOD, Colo; April 08, 2013 – Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), one of the nation’s largest non-profit health providers and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have teamed on a nine-month initiative that will apply analytics to identify at-risk factors among patient populations.

Billing and legal concerns can get in the way of clinical uses of documentation, according to a hearing held on the subject on February 14. The HIT Policy Committee discussed the hearing and its next moves during its April 3 meeting.

Despite the increase in EHR adoption and other gains driven by Meaningful Use (MU), implementation and meeting of reporting requirements is a costly, burdensome prospect. To address such concerns, during its April 3 meeting, the HIT Policy Committee’s MU work group discussed plans to consolidate quality measures and establish a deeming program that would reward good performance through reduced reporting requirements.

Fredericksburg, VA, April 05, 2013 -- Mary Washington Healthcare, along with other national, state and community organizations, is leading a massive effort to highlight the importance of advance healthcare decision-making—an effort that has culminated in the formal designation of Tuesday, April 16 as National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD).

Park City, Utah, April 05, 2013 -- Today, Zane Benefits, Inc. published new information on the Nevada Health Insurance Exchange. Zane Benefits, which provides comprehensive and flexible alternatives to traditional employer sponsored health benefits, is the leader in defined contribution and health reimbursement arrangements.

CHICAGO, April 4, 2013 -- UHC announced today that its member academic medical centers achieved record supply chain savings and value of $400 million in 2012. The savings amount represents 5% of UHC members' record aggregated spend of $8.1 billion and includes cash returns as well as operational savings.