Morning Headlines 11/6/14
More Problems Expected on Federal Health-Insurance Site in New Year
The Wall Street Journal reports that known bugs and unfinished development efforts on Healthcare.gov will likely cause a fresh set of problems for consumers this enrollment period, including erroneous renewals of cancelled policies and duplicate enrollments for those that try to switch insurers.
AHIMA/eHealth Initiative 2014 ICD-10 Readiness Survey Results
A recent survey conducted by AHIMA finds that 63 percent of health systems will be ready for end-to-end ICD-10 testing by the end of 2014, while 10 percent report that they plan to forgo testing altogether.
Office of Inspector General: Work Plan 2015
HHS’s OIG will increase its focus on EHRs in 2015, according to its recently published work plan. Audits will focus on validating downtime contingency plans, securing medical devices that interface with EHR systems, and verifying entitlement to Meaningful Use incentive payments.
If they haven't coordinated with the patient safety team, they have by definition "dropped the ball". And, given the reported…