Tag: Policy
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CTIA: November WOW Policy Point on Spectrum’s Vital Role in mHealth
Advances in mHealth applications and devices developments are happening at a rapid pace, but there’s a growing need for more spectrum to facilitate the best …
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Brenda Sulick, NCPSSM Senior Policy Analyst, Discusses Paul Ryan and Medicare on CSpan
www.ncpssm.org – Brenda Sulick, NCPSSM Senior Policy Analyst, Discusses Medicare and the Presidential Campaign on CSpan. Video Rating: 5 / 5
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HIT Policy Committee approves info exchange security recommendations
The health IT industry may have a better idea of how health information exchanges can protect patient data after ONC's Health IT Policy Committee approved several recommendations from its Privacy and Security Tiger Team last week. read more
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Epic CEO Questions Motives of CommonWell Alliance Members
At the monthly meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee, members discussed the CommonWell Health Alliance, the interoperability cooperation between five of the industry’s biggest vendors. Judy Faulkner, CEO of Epic Systems (Verona, Wis.), and a Health IT Policy committee member, questioned the motives of the group during the meeting.
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Epic’s Faulkner: CommonWell Alliance raises questions
Epic CEO Judy Faulkner said at this week's Health IT Policy Committee meeting that not being invited to be part of the CommonWell Health Alliance prior to its announcement at HIMSS13 last month has caused her to have doubts about its motives. read more
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Policy Committee to Hear Proposals on Stage 3 MU Consolidation, ‘Deeming’
The April 3 Health IT Policy Committee meeting promises to be interesting. The committee will hear presentations from two subgroups of the meaningful use workgroup, one dealing with the potential consolidation of meaningful use measures for Stage 3 and the other with the concept of “deeming” for eligible hospitals. The April 3 Health IT Policy…
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Meaningful Use incentive payments top $12.3 billion
Meaningful Use incentive payments earned by providers now have hit $12.3 billion, according to the ONC's Health IT Policy Committee. read more
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The February HIT Standards Committee Meeting
The February HIT Standards Committee focused on the Committee workplan for 2013.
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Testimony to the HIT Policy Committee
Today I testify to the HIT Policy Committee and review the HIT Standards Committee responses to the HIT Policy Committee Request for Comment .