Government & Policy
The new legislation would implement permanent rate parity for virtual behavioral health services, among its other provisions.

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Officials in the state's most populous county said that system hiccups put them days behind in delivering the vaccine to healthcare workers.
The improved contact tracing website has been highlighted as one of the reasons for contacts being successfully reached.
Mark Hall, lead co-chair of the Parker Republicans, said the doxxing was in retaliation against COVID-19 restrictions.
Many of the top 10 incidents logged by HHS Office for Civil Rights involved ransomware, but a few stemmed from device theft or improper record disposal.
Some of the hurdles around vaccine distribution could be addressed with high-tech solutions, particularly where environmental management is concerned.
Developed and managed by Pure Health, the Ministry of Health and Prevention’s Riayati aims to provide a centralised medical record for “every citizen and resident” in the Gulf country.
With 2020 drawing to a close, Healthcare IT News shares the top 10 most read EMEA news stories of the year.
CMMI is expected to release fewer, but bigger payment models and more that are mandatory.
As the agency's workload swells with the weight of a public health emergency, digital health companies on a timeline should consider whether their products truly warrant a regulatory submission, writes Epstein Becker & Green's Bradley Merrill Thompson.