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In a letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the American Hospital Association expressed its support for much of ONC's Health Information Technology Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan, but urged an increased focus on…

CMS has released a request for information on the overlap of physicians' quality reporting requirements for federal and non-federal programs.

HHS and the Internal Revenue Service have proposed rules on the health law's individual mandate, which clarify wider protection from the penalty tax for the uninsured and narrower eligibility for families to receive insurance subsidies.

With just one year remaining before the largest parts of the federal health reform law take effect, 2013 will be a busy year for hospitals as they prepare for the biggest changes in healthcare since Medicare was introduced in 1965.

In late October, QSE Technologies in Englewood, Colo., announced it will join 3t Systems, a complete IT services company based in Greenwood Village. The two companies, though different, bring essential services to the integrated organization: QSE Technologies specializes in IT…

Frank B. Kelly Jr., MD, has received the Arthritis Foundation's first Hugh C. McLeod III, MD, Award of Excellence, according to a report in AAOS Now.

Allis Kim, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has joined the staff of Marlborough (Mass.) Hospital.

Further threatening his reputation, the FBI and HHS raided Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen's West Palm Beach office on suspicion of Medicare fraud, part of a separate investigation unrelated to simultaneous allegations Melgen and his cousin U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez hired…

Gholam Peyman, MD, the ophthalmologist credited with inventing Lasik surgery, received an award from President Barack Obama for his contributions to American innovation.

Copying and pasting information on electronic medical records occurs on most surgical notes and can lead to billing inaccuracies and patient harm, according to American Medical News.