HHS proposes funding increases for health IT and precision medicine
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking $92 million to fund the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as part of its 2016 budget proposal, Health Data Management reports.
HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell revealed the information when she testified in front of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Feb. 26. The ONC’s budget for 2015 is more than $30 million below what HHS is asking for next year. The extra money would be used to support health IT interoperability initiatives.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.