Archives for October 2017

On Sunday morning, April 9, at about 11 a.m., Daniel Porreca received the kind of text message no one wants: Erie County Medical Center’s IT department detected file-encrypting r...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday announced a new initiative intended to streamline quality measures, reduce regulatory burden and promote innovation in the ...

The Trump administration has proposed a new federal rule that would give states more leeway to define essential health benefits, along with a host of other changes to the regulatio...

A new CMS guidance reminding providers of their responsibilities to quickly share medical information with patients and other clinicians, or else face financial penalties, is causi...

President Donald Trump on Thursday declared a war on drug addiction and opioid abuse, saying he would mobilize his entire administration to address the crisis now that he has offic...

A North Carolina-based health system that serves 15 counties throughout the state is grappling with system disruptions associated with what it calls a “new form of the WannaCry v...