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DOJ Takes Closer Look at UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare Deal

March 30, 2021 - In an official filing, the Antitrust Division of the Department and Justice (DOJ) asked officials from both UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare for additional information on their proposed acquisition deal.   The waiting period, under the HSR Act will now go beyond the 30-day period after substantial compliance by both...

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AHA: Hospital Acquisitions Improve Healthcare IT Infrastructure

by Fred Donovan

Hospital acquisitions help improve healthcare IT infrastructure needed for data-driven, value-based care by increasing the scale at which the combined systems operate and invest, concluded a...

ONC: Hospitals Provide Health Data Access, But Many Don’t Use It

by Fred Donovan

Nearly all hospitals provided patients with the ability to electronically view and download their health information in 2017, but fewer than one-quarter of their patients activated access to their...

AHA: Medical Device Makers Falling Short on Securing Legacy Devices

by Fred Donovan

Medical device manufacturers are not doing enough to secure legacy devices, argued the American Hospital Association (AHA) in a recent letter to Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA). AHA observed that hospitals...

Compliance Testing Remedies HIT Infrastructure Vulnerabilities

by Elizabeth O'Dowd

Organizations expanding their IT environment are tasked with choosing tools that are in compliance with HIPAA and can be used securely and efficiently in a healthcare environment. HIT infrastructure...

Two-Factor Authentication Gains Stature in IT Infrastructure

by Frank Irving

U.S. hospitals are increasingly supporting the health IT infrastructure for two-factor authentication to protect access to electronic protected health information (ePHI). The Office of the National...

Who’s Ready for VDT Meaningful Use Requirements?

by Frank Irving

When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for the EHR Incentive Programs in 2015 through 2017, it modified Stage 2 patient engagement objectives that require...

How Certification, Testing Impact Health IT Interoperability

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Health IT testing and certification are "urgently needed" to advance healthcare interoperability, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA). The organization recently published comments on...

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