Health Information Technology (HIT)
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is pleased to support H.R. 5481, the Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2014. Your legislation requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make a necessary adjustment to how it implements the Medicare and Medicaid…
We recommend that the proposed risk-based regulatory framework and strategy for health IT leverage and support existing safety reporting requirements and initiatives and not create a new incident reporting silo labeled “Health IT Safety.”
2014 EHR Upgrade: Too Much, Too Soon
Despite the compelling policy and business environments for EHR adoption and implementation, the Dr. Perlin and the other authors highlight common logistical and conceptual challenges hindering investment decisions. They suggest that a standard model that allows for consistent comparison across EHR…
On Sept. 24, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule implementing a 2007 statutory requirement to establish a unique device identification system for medical devices.
AHA's comments on the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) proposed rule that would extend the regulatory protections under the federal antikickback law for hospitals that want to provide assistance to physicians in adopting certain health information…
AHA's comments on the CMS proposed rule that would extend the regulatory protections under the federal physician self-referral or Stark law for hospitals that want to provide assistance to physicians in adopting certain health information technology (IT).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General April 8 released two proposed rules that would extend the regulatory protections for hospitals seeking to provide assistance to physicians in adopting certain health information…
On July 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule implementing a 2007 statutory requirement to establish a unique device identification system for medical devices.