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In mid-September, information on hospital-acquired conditions \(HACs\) will be publicly available for the first time on Hospital Compare \(www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov\).
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology \(ONC\) on July 28 in the Federal Register published a final rule establishing an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for electronic health record \(EHR\) technology.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its FY 2011 final rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment systems \(PPS\) on July 30. The rule affects inpatient PPS hospitals, long-term care hospitals and critical access hospitals \(CAH\) and takes…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on July 28 published a final rule defining ")meaningful use") of electronic health records \(EHRs\). At the same time, the Office of the National Coordinator \(ONC\) for Health Information Technology issued a final rule that sets…
The Department of Health and Human Services \(HHS\) in the July 14 Federal Register proposed certain modifications to the privacy, security and enforcement requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 \(HIPAA\), largely to implement changes necessitated by the…
On June 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year \(CY\) 2011.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) finalized revisions to the Medicare hospital cost report in the April 30 Federal Register.
On July 2, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) and ambulatory surgical center \(ASC\) proposed rule for calendar year 2011.