Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act: HIMSS and PCHA Support Bipartisan Bill
Bipartisan bill will continue the expanded use of critical telehealth services beyond the current COVID-19 pandemic by eliminating restrictions on the use in Medicare, providing a bridge for patients currently using the practices because of the crisis and making permanent the disaster waiver auth...
Virtual Rally Kicks Off Telehealth Legislative Advocacy, Co-Hosted by HIMSS and PCHAlliance
HIMSS and PCHAlliance, along with Congressional Telehealth Caucus leaders and other healthcare organizations, are co-hosting a virtual rally to support continued telehealth access in the wake of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
House Votes to Remove Federal Ban on Unique Patient Identifier
The House of Representatives passed the six-bill FY2021 minibus package that includes the Labor-HHS appropriations bill. As part of the bill, the House approved by voice vote the bipartisan Foster-Kelly Amendment, which removed Section 510 of the Labor-HHS bill prohibiting federal funds for the p...
Health IT Improves Immunization in the Time of COVID-19
Health information technology plays a key role in ensuring Americans receive appropriate vaccinations on a timely basis—an area of national focus during Immunization Awareness Month, which is observed in the United States each August.
HIMSS Continues Improving Health App Effectiveness and Safety
HIMSS has elected to continue developing mobile health application guidelines published in 2019 by Xcertia, Inc.—focused on topics such as privacy, security, content, usability and operability—for use across the healthcare ecosystem.
Denise Hines Hosts Fireside Chat with Don Rucker at ONC Tech Forum
HIMSS Chief Americas Officer Denise Hines will host a fireside chat with Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on Aug. 10 at the all-virtual ONC Tech Forum.
CMS Releases Proposed Changes to Telehealth, Merit-based Value Pathways and Certification in Physician Fee Schedule Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its proposed changes to the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2021. This proposed rule has significant implications for telehealth and remote physiologic monitoring, Merit-based Value Pathways and Health IT Certification.<...>
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Submit Comments in Response to FTC Health Breach Notification Regulatory Review
HIMSS and PCHAlliance submitted comments in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regulatory Review and Request for Public Feedback on the Federal Trade Commission’s Health Breach Notification Rule.
Patient ID Now Coalition Delivers Observations at ONC Working Session
Two members of the Patient ID Now Coalition presented recommendations on behalf of the Coalition at the ONC Working Session on patient identity and matching.
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Respond to ONC Request for Strategies to Improve Patient Identity and Matching
HIMSS and PCHAlliance have provided feedback to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Request for Strategies to Improve Patient Identity and Matching, helping to inform ONC’s report to Congress on technical and operational methods that improve patient identity and matching.<...>
The History of HIMSS and Telehealth Advocacy
Whenever Congress has talked about telehealth policy in any substantive manner, HIMSS has been among the organizations championing those conversations, helping congressional offices with their priorities and messaging. HIMSS works closely with stakeholders on pushing these efforts forward, but as...
HIMSS Members Urging Congress to Protect Telehealth for Medicare Beneficiaries
HIMSS members and key stakeholders across the healthcare community are sending messages directly to Capitol Hill to urge Members of Congress to cosponsor the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act (H.R. 7663), which would ensure Medicare beneficiaries may continue to access care throug...