Anthony Brino, Associate Editor, Healthcare Payer News and Government Health IT
Anthony Brino is Associate Editor for Healthcare Payer News and Government Health IT, covering a range of issues affecting the healthcare payer and government markets.
SACRAMENTO | Anthony Brino | May 21, 2013 | 10:23 AM | Health Information Exchange (HIE), Quality and Safety, Policy and Legislation
The California eHealth Quality program is offering $1 million in grants for physicians, clinics and hospitals in rural California to add health information exchange technologies and meet federal meaningful use standards. More
NEW YORK | Anthony Brino | May 17, 2013 | 07:41 AM | Electronic Health Records, Policy and Legislation
The New York eHealth Collaborative has announced the winners of its personal health record portal challenge, with the designs in turn expected to inform the PHR that NYeC will offer all New Yorkers in 2014. A Brooklyn-based health data and design startup... More
Washington | Anthony Brino | April 28, 2013 | 00:00 AM | Claims Processing, Policy and Legislation
The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled its $967 billion for the 2014 fiscal year on April 10.
It includes funding increases for programs in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, early childhood... More
WASHINGTON | Anthony Brino | April 23, 2013 | 09:28 AM | Privacy and Security
After last year's mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut, the Obama Administration has been looking for ways to address gun violence, either through new legal reforms or by working with existing policy, and one option is to clarify HIPAA provisions... More
WASHINGTON | Anthony Brino | April 18, 2013 | 09:53 AM | Meaningful Use, Policy and Legislation
Citing a lack of progress on interoperability, billing increases sometimes associated with EHR adoption, patient privacy concerns and issues with regard to funding sustainability, six GOP senators have written a white paper "re-examining the strategies... More
WASHINGTON | Anthony Brino | April 11, 2013 | 10:01 AM | Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
As President Obama takes his budget and deficit-reduction proposals to Congress and the public, the Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled its proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year. More
Anthony Brino | April 8, 2013 | 17:11 PM | Claims Processing, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management, Policy and Legislation
Since 2007, and in the wake of the Great Recession, an additional 10 million Americans have enrolled in Medicaid, at the same time that states' tax revenue declined. But those long-plagued by Medicaid debt are starting to address their problems, several... More
Anthony Brino | April 5, 2013 | 16:01 PM | Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Rather than trying to create new information exchange governance standards, the Office of the National Coordinator is pursuing the goal of nationwide HIE interoperability and security via a cooperative agreement with Direct Trust and the EHR/HIE... More
WASHINGTON | Anthony Brino | April 4, 2013 | 08:01 AM | Health Information Exchange (HIE), Policy and Legislation
Although HIE "is advancing rapidly" in much of the country, "it is being held back by demand--and supply-side friction created by variation in federal and state programs and policies that give unequal and sometimes conflicting emphasis on... More
Anthony Brino | April 1, 2013 | 10:05 AM | Network Infrastructure, Policy and Legislation
State health insurance exchanges are putting together financing and revenue sources, with many likely relying on insurer fees, as long-term state or federal support remains uncertain. More
WASHINGTON | Anthony Brino | March 26, 2013 | 10:05 AM | Privacy and Security, Policy and Legislation
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights is asking the 115 HIPAA-covered entities that were audited in 2012 to complete a survey about the experience. More
WASHINGTON | Anthony Brino | March 21, 2013 | 09:37 AM | Electronic Health Records, Privacy and Security, Policy and Legislation
The ONC Health IT Policy Committee's Consumer Empowerment Workgroup convened for the first time Tuesday, discussing its goals for advising and recommending policy approaches to promoting participatory medicine. More
