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Care Management Weekly News Update 10/13/21

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Wed, Oct 13, 2021 @ 11:45 AM

Enabling Better Patient Care With Prescription Decision Support Technology Across the Care Team

Reliable, real-time prescription decision support technology empower the entire care team to work seamlessly to help people get the medicine they need — and stay on therapy.

After Underreporting Billions, VA Will Launch New Initiative to Review EHR's Costs

VA will begin an independent cost estimate of its electronic health record modernization initiative, an effort that’s supposed to include the IT and physical infrastructure upgrades needed to support the project, later this month.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 Star Ratings for Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to help people with Medicare compare plans ahead of Medicare Open Enrollment, which kicks off on October 15.

ONC Announces New Interoperability Program for Federal Partners

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has rolled out a new initiative that seeks to standardize the healthcare data sets federal agencies with specific needs that aren’t being addressed by the current baseline.

 

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