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Morning Headlines 2/28/14
Intermountain to Miss 2014 Meaningful Use Attestation Deadline, Citing Safety Concerns
Intermountain Healthcare CIO Marc Probst says the organization is not planning to attest for meaningful use Stage 2 in 2014, forgoing a sizable incentive payment and triggering penalties in 2016 from CMS.
ICD-10 deadline won’t be delayed, Tavenner tells HIMSS
During a press conference at HIMSS CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced that there would be no deadline extensions for either ICD-10 or meaningful use Stage 2, but that it would be more flexible with hardship exemption applications from providers that are unable to meet Stage 2 MU on time.
NY startups make the case for funding HIE
New York’s 10 independent and disconnected regional health information exchanges are applying for $65 million in state funding to connect to the Statewide Health Information Network of New York, or SHIN-NY.
Oracle pulls 100 programmers from unfinished Cover Oregon health insurance exchange
Oracle, the main contractor responsible for the failed Oregon health insurance exchange, has reassigned 100 of the 165 programmers working on the project even though the site is still non-operational and plagued with bugs.
Your morning update is always a pleasure to read. Today’s dose of tEHR and HITECH toxicity is particularly interesting. It seems like the governemtna dn amedical care processes has widely diverged.