A new Web site launched by the Obama administration compiles a complete ‘menu’ of all available public and private health-insurance plans across the nation. It is the first platform to place all of these plans in a single place, a “one-stop shop for information on the Affordable Care Act and all of your options for [...]
Last Thursday, Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) and Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) introduced the HITECH Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act of 2010 HR 5025, a bill that would allow behavioral, mental health and substance abuse treatment providers to qualify for incentive payments for the “meaningful use” of electronic health records. The act would extend the 2009 [...]
Kathleen Sebelius commented on World Health Day. There’s a debate emerging over whether the cyber war threat has been “grossly exaggerated.” DynCorp is being bought by Cerberus Capital Management for $1.5 billion. BAE Systems, CACI and Booz Allen Hamilton won deals from Army. Northrop Grumman and Raytheon won Navy contracts. The prevalence of cyber crime [...]
The new healthcare law is attracting scammers, according to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Northrop Grumman and Boeing won Navy deals. Walt Havenstein commented on SAIC’s major donation to the U.S. Naval Academy. Adm. Mike Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates both fully support the Nuclear Posture Review. DoD revealed its open government plan. This virtual [...]
Kathleen Sebelius announced $267 million in Health IT awards. Alan Bersin was appointed to run Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Bill Varner of ManTech commented on winning five task orders. GD won an Army deal, SAIC won two. Linda Allen was appointed to the Senior Executive Service at DoD, and Michael Rhodes was reassigned. India [...]
A group of 37 Senate Democrats, including Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), have signed a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius commending her “work to advance the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (HIT) by health care providers” but criticizing the “all-or-nothing” approach to awarding incentive payments for health [...]
Writing on the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) Health IT Buzz Blog, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology said that today’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) award of over $160 million in federal funds for “meaningful use” of health IT was “a key step” toward establishing a national Health Information Exchange. He [...]
