Morning Headlines 8/17/20
Firm Helping Run U.S. Coronavirus Database Refuses Senators’ Questions
Citing an NDA, health IT vendor TeleTracking refuses to answer the Senate Health Committee’s questions about its $10.2 million contract to develop a HHS COVID-19 hospitalization reporting database to replace one used by CDC.
HHS CIO Arrieta unexpectedly resigns
HHS CIO Jose Arrieta resigned unexpectedly Friday night after 16 months on the job, saying he wants to spend time with his kids.
Epic Systems consolidating four departments into one division
Epic notifies employees that it will immediately consolidate its training, implementation, QA, and technical communications under an application services division.
Medical Debt Collection Firm R1 RCM Hit in Ransomware Attack
Revenue cycle company R1 RCM works to recover from a ransomware attack that occurred just as the company was preparing to release its quarterly financial results.
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