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Parsing eCW’s $155M payment to the government

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In this case, the government moved to protect the public because a subset of meat packers was putting profit above public health. public outcry caused the government to step in and regulate the industry. It’s there to protect us from evildoers. Before Health IT Certification. Sometimes they were not.

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Video: Farzad Mostashari on patient engagement, ‘physician ACOs’

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As I alluded to earlier, I was leaving the press room one afternoon at HIMSS14, and there I see former national health IT coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari hanging around Gregg Masters and Dr. Pat Salber of Health Innovation Media.

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Building the Future through CMS eHealth

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What is the most important electronic initiative in health care today? Is it the switch to ICD-10 that will enable us to capture information more accurately? The widespread adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs) to provide an infrastructure for electronic data exchange? CMS Launches eHealth.

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

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Those with political power will retain it, and true public health decisions will be elusive. . Investments in Social Determinant of Health Networks (SDHNs) Development and Performance. In “rest of state” (as those of us beyond NYC are sometimes referred to) – there is no need for the HERO – as we’ll see below.