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Sequestration will result in 12% discretionary drop
If sequestration happens as currently called for by the Budget Control Act, it will result in a real drop of 12.1 percent in discretionary spending compared to the current fiscal year, says the Congressional Research Service in a new report.
Two health IT programs crosswise, says GAO
Two federal incentive programs met through a combination of Medicare payment incentives and penalties to encourage caregivers to go digital with some aspect of their practice will overlap for three
CMS must improve data collection guidelines by QIO contractors
Quality Improvement Organizations, which contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, need improved oversight of budgeting and spending because CMS lacks guidelines on how much data
Federal government made $110 billion in improper payments
The federal government made $110 billion worth of improper payments in fiscal 2009, according to the text of a new Office of Management and Budget website. Dubbed PaymentAccuracy.gov , this new OMB
Healthcare reform needs information technology
Information technology runs like a thread through the health insurance reform bill signed into law March 23 by President Obama. Among the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Network proposal to share Medicare/Medicaid data
It's often the case in the vast federal government that one hand doesn't always know what the other is doing. That's the case when it comes to analyzing Medicare and Medicaid information to try to
