Morning Headlines 12/28/17
CMS reports that 8.8 million consumers used Healthcare.gov to buy health insurance during this year’s enrollment period, down from 9.2 million last year. CMS spent $10 million on marketing and outreach this year, compared to the $100 million spent last year.
CMS to relax reporting rules for ACOs impacted by hurricanes, fires
CMS publishes an interim final rule adjusting the reporting requirements of the Medicare Shared Savings Program to provide leniency to ACOs that were impacted by natural disasters this year.
Ransomware focus limits healthcare IT progress in 2017
Modern Healthcare looks back on 2017 and concludes that the onslaught of ransomware attacks overshadowed any gains made in health IT this year.
There's a typo in your Oracle headline where it says "debilitating wave of layoffs."