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Administration to target Medicaid fraud next

On par with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) release of the Medicaid final rule yesterday , Vice President Joe Biden and Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen

Meaningful Use: May 2010 - July 2010

At long last, the Department of Health and Human Services released official rules for Stage 1 of the meaningful use Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive program on July 13.

HHS awards $220M to 15 EHR 'beacon communities'

Vice President Joe Biden joined with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Tuesday to announce the 15 "beacon communities" that will receive a total of $220 million in federal funding to serve as national

ONC grants have to wait for 'meaningful use' rules? We think not

It could be a while before the Obama administration starts doling out the $1.2 billion in federal grants for health information exchanges and for EMR extension centers announced last week. Or could

Biden, Sebelius, Blumenthal announce funding for EMR extension centers, HIE

Vice President Joe Biden, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and national health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal are in Chicago today to announce $1.2 billion in federal grants to promote EMR use

Obama, McCain spar over healthcare, health IT plans

At the final presidential debate last week, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) both debated the differences between their health care plans, with both saying that health IT will be a