The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is beginning early-stage planning to deploy the Oracle Health-based Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to four Michigan facilities — Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit, and Saginaw — in mid-2026. This decision comes after VA has been working to make improvements to the EHR system during a pause in deployments announced in April 2023. These improvement efforts will continue while VA begins early-stage deployment efforts in Michigan.
CVS officially rolls out CostVantage model for commercial prescriptions
All of the commercial prescriptions dispensed at CVS pharmacies will be processed through its CostVantage reimbursement model beginning this year, the healthcare giant announced Monday. Under the model, prescriptions are priced based on the underlying cost with a delineated markup and dispensing fee to cover the services provided by CVS in the transaction. The company says this model makes it less necessary to raise the cost for certain prescriptions to cover losses on other drugs.
Healthcare CIOs and CISOs are monitoring the recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal to update the HIPAA Security Rule. These changes, outlined in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), aim to increase cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI).
Years after virtually every hospital and nearly every medical clinic implemented their first electronic health records, EHRs still haven’t fulfilled their full potential to support optimized physician workflow and clinical decision support. Craig Joseph, M.D., chief medical officer at the Madison, Wis.-based Nordic Consulting, has some perspectives on the situation, having practiced as a pediatrician for nearly a decade, and then worked for an EHR vendor.
Digital health is at a critical inflection point as the market has become more crowded, competition for capital heats up and customer budgets have tightened. Despite these headwinds, most digital health senior leaders (81%) are optimistic about the sector this year, with 51% having a very positive outlook and 31% reporting cautious optimism, according to a recent survey from healthcare consulting firm Summit Health Advisors.
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