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HHS Announces Funding for Public Health IT Workforce Development Program

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today awarded $73 million in cooperative agreements as part of its Public Health Informatics & Technology […].

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HHS puts $48M toward rural public health IT, workforce expansion

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it was making almost $48 million available in American Rescue Plan funding for public health capacity in rural and tribal communities, through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

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HHS awards $150M for data and capacity building

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The cache of ARP funding for community health centers supports data modernization to improve data quality and, ultimately, patient care and response to public health emergencies. The HRSA seeks to bolster health center capabilities to generate patient health status data and better understand social determinants of health.

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President Biden Signs End-of-Year Legislation Including Telehealth, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Other Health Care Provisions

C&M Health Law

trillion spending package, which consists of all 12 fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations bills and funds the federal government through September 30, 2023, provides additional assistance to Ukraine, and makes numerous health care policy changes. 117-164 ) (the “Act”)—an approximately $1.7

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Telehealth Regulations: What’s In, What’s Out

Verisys

As the pandemic continues into the winter months and COVID disruptions continue to affect the healthcare workforce, states, payers, and providers should be aware of recent changes that will affect telehealth services and access to telemedicine. This public health order included: Emergency care in hospitals. California.

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2022-2023

HIPAA Journal

The last update to the HIPAA Rules was the HIPAA Omnibus Rule in 2013, which introduced new requirements mandated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. It has been several years since new HIPAA regulations have been signed into law, but HIPAA changes in 2022 are expected.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL 79 percent have positive outlook for senior living and care: NIC 12 key legal issues impacting health systems AHA: 94% of hospitals financially impacted by Change Healthcare’s cyberattack A conversation about the HHS plan on AI in health care A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America.