The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently awarded nearly $50 million in planning grants to help states fight against substance abuse disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), […]
The Rural Health Care (RHC) Program has seen an increase in provider demand and participation since its 1997 creation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Until the 2017 funding year, […]
Imagine if you couldn’t see your online retail order activity for four days. Instant access to information is now the norm – except when it comes to patient electronic access […]
The internet has forever changed the way we consume goods and services. Transactions that used to take days or weeks to complete are now accomplished in a manner of minutes. […]
With half the children in the U.S. living in or near poverty, policymakers and providers realize that early action is one of the best ways to control downstream adverse medical […]
Electronic health records (EHRs) contain protected health information (PHI) that proves valuable to healthcare professionals and patients alike. Professionally, they allow providers to diagnose, attend, and treat patients. Personally, they […]
A 2017 American Hospital Association (AHA) report concluded that only 20 percent of good health outcomes could be attributed to direct patient care. The most significant factor – 40 percent […]
Since 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced no fewer than thirteen major initiatives to wean the U.S. healthcare system off fee-for-service (FFS) payments to value-based […]
Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) authorizes state innovation waivers. These waivers allow states to experiment with different methods of health coverage as long as they meet the […]
With the recent announcement of $42 million in funding of Health Centered Controlled Networks (HCCN), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) has signaled its enthusiasm to deploy […]
On October 24, 2018, President Trump signed an expansive bipartisan bill into law aimed at curbing America’s growing opioid epidemic. Titled the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promoted Opioid Recovery and […]
In December 2016, the House passed the 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC IT Health Certification Program, a piece of bipartisan legislation designed to accelerate the […]
The American Academy of Pediatrics—in partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital and the National Resource Center for Patient/Family-Centered Medical Home (NRC-PFCMH)—recently released a second edition of its Pediatric Care Coordination Curriculum […]
On July 10, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on the adoption of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and will move forward with its Connected Care pilot program—an initiative the […]
According to a 2017 study published in JAMA Pediatrics, pediatric healthcare spending in the U.S. increased from $149.6 billion to $233.5 billion in 2013. Of that colossal level of funding, […]
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