Under CMS' newly proposed "meaningful use" regulations, many hospitals would not be able to qualify as meaningful users and thus would not be eligible for healthcare IT incentive funding, according to a release by the Hospital Association of New York…

HHS has issued two sets of proposed regulations that clarify standards hospitals, physicians and other providers must meet to be eligible for $14.1 billion and $27.3 billion in funding under the HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued Transmittal 1867 (pdf), which is designed to help physicians, non-physician practitioners and hospitals, as well as Medicare Administrative Contractors, to help prevent misuse of modifiers used to identify adverse events and…

The upcoming implementation of ICD-10 has been seen by many as a necessary update of a rapidly outdated system, whereas others feel that the changes are too sweeping to be enacted in only three years, according to a report in…

The Philadelphia Secret Service has entered into an investigation into the alleged theft of patient records from the University of Pennsylvania Health System, according to a report in the Philadelphia Daily News.

Foundation Surgical Hospital at San Antonio orthopedic surgeon Joel Nilsson's pioneering use of MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing was featured in a report on San Antonio, Texas' KENS 5 News.

Saint Louis (Mo.) University Hospital recently launched a new single-incision laparoscopic surgery program, which is an advancement in minimally-invasive surgery and could pave the way for natural orifice surgery, according to an SLU Hospital news release.

The Obama administration will direct almost $600 million from the federal stimulus bill to community health centers and to subsidies for electronic medical records, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has become the first hospital in North America to acquire VectorVision flex, a computer-assisted surgery system that features Digital Lightbox with TraumaCad, a pre-operative planning and digital templating software solution, according to a…

In a letter to David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health information technology, the Medical Group Management Association sent a series of recommendations aimed at improving the electronic health record incentive programs mandated as part of the American Recovery and…