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Examining Healthcare Costs by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Last year the non-profit Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) was formed and started with some Medicare data as well as billions of claims from Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealthca ... Read on »

Nationwide Health Information Network: Conditions for Trusted Exchange by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy First, I want to point out that the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange (upper case) is a specific organization that is being turned into a private, nonprofit ... Read on »

Governance for a Nationwide Health Information Network by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (the National Coordinator) is required by section 3001(c)(8) of the Public Health Service Act to establish a gover ... Read on »

Health Care Innovation Awards by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The CMS Innovation Center has announced the first batch of preliminary awardees for the Health Care Innovation Awards. The Health Care Innovation Awards are funding ... Read on »

Consumer/Patient Engagement Power Team Unveils Recommendations by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The Consumer/Patient Engagement Power Team is assessing the Standards and Certification Criteria NPRM and providing recommendations for strengthening consumer/patient engage ... Read on »

Promoting Patient Engagement in Meaningful Use by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The proposed rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use has a strong emphasis on patient engagement. This is certainly a good thing, and I am very glad to see the focus put on this ... Read on »

Microsoft and Los Angeles Launch Exergamers Wellness Club by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Microsoft, the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging, Partners in Care Foundation and St. Barnabas Senior Services have launched an innovative program called the Exergamer ... Read on »

Perspective on Big Data by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The Government Big Data Forum was held in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 2012. The conference brought together government thought leaders and industry experts to discuss ... Read on »

Supreme Court Arguments On Medicaid Expansion by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The final arguments before the Supreme Court on the health reform legislation dealt with the expansion of Medicaid. The one-hour session on Medicaid was the last part of ... Read on »

Supreme Court Arguments On Severability by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy After reviewing yesterday's transcripts from the Supreme Court hearing on the individual mandate I am still leaning towards the likelihood that they will ultimately find ... Read on »

Supreme Court Arguments On Individual Mandate by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The audio and transcripts from the Supreme Court Tuesday, March 27, 2012 arguments on the challenge to the individual mandate included in the health reform legislation h ... Read on »

Privacy and Security PIN for State HIE by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The Office of the National Coordinator has released a third Project Information Notice (PIN) for the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program. The fir ... Read on »

Consumer Innovation Challenge by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I am privileged to work with the ONC and six different states that are responding to the Consumer Innovation Challenge. The goal of the Challenge is to rapidly create a proj ... Read on »

New Survey: Healthcare Industry Buried in Paperwork and the Problem is Predicted to Increase by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Anoto is a creator of digital pen technology, a technology that enables fast and reliable transmission of handwritten text and illustrations into digital format, not ... Read on »

Project REACH (Real-Time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless) by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The Veteran's Administration (VA) and Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) joined forces with rock star Jon Bon Jovi during a 3 p.m. conference call on March 19, 2 ... Read on »

Oregon Healthcare Transformation by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On March 2, 2012 Oregon Governor Kitzhaber signed the Healthcare Transformation Bill (Senate Bill 1580) which will give managed care organizations the go ahead to set up C ... Read on »

Health Information Exchange Strategy Update by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Claudia Williams, Director State HIE Program, gave an update on the Health Information Exchange Strategy to the HIT Policy Committee at their March 7, 2012 meeting . The aud ... Read on »

Standards and Certification Criteria 2014 Edition by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Proposed Rule: Standards & Certification Criteria 2014 Edition Steven Posnack, MHS, director, federal policy division, Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (O ... Read on »

HIMSS 2012: Women in Health IT by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Women in Health IT Perficient Healthcare asked men and women at HIMSS 2012 comment on what unique qualities women bring to Health IT. Their answers are in the video below. T ... Read on »

Proposed Rules for Stage 2 Meaningful Use by Brian Ahier Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Stage 2 Meaningful Use Has Arrivedfinally We have known that the proposed rules for stage 2 meaningful use under the EHR Incentive Program were on their way . I had hoped ... Read on »

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