Inpatient prospective payment system hospitals and eligible professionals who did not achieve meaningful use in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for the 2016 reporting period can apply through July 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET for a hardship exception from the 2018 payment adjustment. For instructions and applications, visit www.cms.gov.

Headline
The AHA provided comments Sept. 30 to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia and…
Headline
Two executive orders on artificial intelligence were released Sept. 29 by the White House. One announced a new website that will use AI to deliver federal…
Headline
The FBI Sept. 29 announced an arrest of one of the alleged leaders of ShinyHunters, a cybercriminal group linked to cyberattacks in the U.S. and…
Headline
The Food and Drug Administration released draft guidance Sept. 24 that includes recommendations on non-clinical testing, clinical data and labeling for…
Headline
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have released a fact sheet for critical infrastructure organizations on ways to reduce risk…
Headline
The AHA will host a webinar Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. ET on ways healthcare organizations can build an effective, closed-loop cybersecurity program designed…