An FBI warning letter shared with healthcare providers encouraged them to take an active interest in their legacy systems after the agency noticed increasing security holes across a range of medical...
State laws and court rulings are diverging as some state governments work to protect citizens’ health and others seek to eliminate safeguards.
Last month, the California State Legislature...
Amazon’s foray into primary care may be under threat after the FTC declared it was investigating the company’s acquisition of One Medical. Officials at the agency also decided to sue data...
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee Senator Ron Wyden is digging into Medicare Advantage marketing practices that may target consumers with misleading and harmful tactics. The Senator sent letters to...
A data set released by the VA recorded 498 major incidents and 930 hours of disruptions with the Oracle Cerner EHR implementation since 2020. The latest data is another blow to the VA’s...
Late last week, CDC introduced new guidance for dealing with coronavirus cases, removing several restrictions as the number of cases continues to rise throughout the country. Revised guidance will lift...
Oracle, the owner of Cerner, went before Congress to comment on the state of the VA EHR implementation which has been delayed, error-filled, and over budget. An executive for the company explained that...
DOJ officials are prosecuting 36 individuals linked to a telemedicine fraud ring that generated over a billion dollars in faulty Medicare claims. The defendants working throughout the United States now...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are stepping up support for access to reproductive healthcare in accordance with executive action from the Biden...
Senators and President Biden are looking to expand and solidify the protections of HIPAA for people seeking reproductive care and abortions after the Supreme Court dismantled Roe v. Wade. In a recent...
A recent Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report states that Cerner’s VA EHR project has generated patient safety issues and led to harm in more than one hundred instances. This is not the...
As federal authorities increasingly crack down on instances of fraud and abuse within the telehealth arena, providers need to remain vigilant about their use of the care modality as regulations...
Hospitals got a big win last week after the Supreme Court reversed a cut to the 340B Drug Pricing Program that netted several hospitals increased revenues. Justices agreed with the American Hospital...
The significant spike in the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic was made possible by numerous legislative waivers that were quickly enacted as in-person care stalled. Two years later, many...
In Georgia, CMS has issued two fines totaling over $1 million to the Northside Hospital network after failing to comply with price transparency guidelines. And CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has...
FDA and FBI officials are sharing their cybersecurity knowledge as the pace of healthcare cyberattacks picks up.
From the FDA, an urgent message issued a warning to organizations that may be...
As the digital health transformation progresses, stakeholders are looking to well-established data standards to support health information exchange (HIE) for care coordination.
Holly Miller, MD, chief...
Two pieces of proposed legislation are seeking to modernize healthcare IT infrastructure in the US. One such bill introduced by four senators would expand telehealth access and reduce regulations that...
Montana’s governor plans to utilize federal and private funds to increase access to a statewide HIE system. The effort is considered a critical investment for the largely rural state. Also, in...
The American Hospital Association lead a cohort of five industry organizations to call for 340B drug pricing enforcement, as two US Courts of Appeals heart cases on the matter.
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