Secretary Price and CMS Administrator Verma Take First Joint Action: Affirm Partnership of HHS, CMS, and States to Improve Medicaid Program

15. March 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, Ms. Seema Verma was sworn in as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). After her swearing-in ceremony, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., and CMS Administrator Seema Verma took their first joint action, cosigning a letter to the nation’s governors affirming the Department’s intent to work with ...

Secretary Price Statement on CBO Report

15. March 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., released the following statement today on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the American Health Care Act: “The CBO report’s coverage numbers defy logic. They project that zeroing out the individual mandate – allowing Americans to choose whether to have insurance – will result in 14 ...

American Health Care Act Will Restore, Protect, and Preserve the Doctor-Patient Relationship

15. March 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., joined President Trump and Vice President Pence at the White House for a listening session on healthcare. The participants included doctors, patients, and small business owners who discussed Obamacare and how the current law is failing them. After listening to their stories, the Secretary released the ...

Judge says author lied about having cancer, donating to charity – New York Post

15. March 2017 Health, HIPAA 0
Ten Eyewitness News Judge says author lied about having cancer, donating to charityNew York PostCANBERRA, Australia — Australian author and blogger Belle Gibson, who lied about beating a normally deadly brain tumor through healthy eating, exploited public generosity by falsely claiming most of her income went to charities, a judge said Wednesday.Australian blogger guilty over ...

5 big challenges to utilizing genomic data for precision medicine

14. March 2017 Health 0
Precision medicine holds the key to better health. And as the industry moves more toward value-based care, its evidence-based principles can help providers ease into the transition. “It’s a big step to go from trial-and-error medicine to evidence-based medicine,” said Jim Adams, executive director of research at The Advisory Board. “Even for evidence-based care and ...