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CHIME's Advocacy Initiatives
With more than 1,400 CIO members, CHIME serves as a voice of the healthcare IT executive within the U.S., informing and influencing public policy leaders and other officials on the role information technology is playing in transforming the delivery of healthcare. In addition, CHIME supports CIOs now playing a central role in implementing IT systems that digitize patient records to achieve meaningful use of electronic medical records, enabling their organizations to qualify for incentive funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
CHIME publishes a monthly summary exclusive for the press on the latest happenings in Washington. Here are the most recent summaries:
January 27, 2012 -Report from Washington -
Health Innovators Gather in Washington; Prizes and Challenges Announced At a gathering of healthcare stakeholders in Washington this week, over a dozen healthcare "challenges" were announced by payers, vendors, non-profits and the public sector. The Care Innovations Summit brought together public and private sector leaders in healthcare who unveiled new initiatives and issued new challenges - many of them backed by cash rewards - asking innovators to address problems related to chronic disease, healthcare costs, care transitions and other issues......
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January 20, 2012 - Report from Washington -
CBO Report Sheds New Light on (In)effectiveness of Past Delivery Reform Pilots This past Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office released an issue brief that looked at past attempts by Medicare to save money through delivery reform pilots. The CBO’s conclusions were less than enthusiastic. According to the report, “CBO reviewed the outcomes of 10 major demonstrations that have been evaluated by independent researchers. The evaluations show that most programs have......
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