HHS announced that EHRMagic-Ambulatory and EHRMagic-Inpatient, both developed by EHRMagic of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., have had their certifications revoked by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

HHS and Federal Communications Commission have selected members for a new workgroup that will promote innovation in health information technology, including mobile medical applications, and identify ways to improve patient safety through health IT.

The healthcare industry is not making the amount of progress that is needed for a smooth transition to ICD-10 in October 2014, according to a letter submitted by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange, an HHS advisor, to the Secretary of HHS.  

Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, HHS will pay 100 percent of states' cost to insure certain newly eligible adult Medicaid beneficiaries in states that expand the program, according to a final rule issued by the department.

Today, HHS issued a final rule on essential health benefits that must be covered when health insurance is expanded in 2014.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and CMS have announced the new format for children's electronic health records.

HHS and the Internal Revenue Service have proposed rules on the health law's individual mandate, which clarify wider protection from the penalty tax for the uninsured and narrower eligibility for families to receive insurance subsidies.

The American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Association and other medical societies have written letters urging HHS to postpone drafting stage 3 standards for meaningful use of electronic health record systems until it studies how the stage 1 criteria have worked in physician offices, according to a Medscape Medical News report.

The Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange seeks stakeholder input as it develops operating rules required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an AHA News Now report.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the final omnibus rule to strengthen the privacy and security protections for health information established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.