What this service is:

Over $30 billion in federal stimulus funding for health IT (HIT) is transforming the legal and business landscape — Bloomberg BNA's Health IT Law & Industry Report brings you concise, comprehensive, and timely news and analysis of the regulatory, legal, and compliance issues surrounding our nation’s move to interoperable electronic health records.

What it helps you do:

• Keep on top of the federal and state regulations and standards that will impact you financially — through grants, Medicare and Medicaid incentives, and business opportunities.
• Stay up to date with health IT standards and regulations from the federal government and the states — learn about rules regarding data breaches, privacy, and the exchange of health data and information.
• Benefit from the detailed analysis of our editorial advisory board of legal experts and industry insiders who know the opportunities and challenges surrounding the nation's move to adopt interoperable electronic health records.
• Monitor partnerships and business deals between health care providers and health IT vendors.
• Keep on top of health IT certification issues to ensure compliance and interoperability.
• Understand and leverage Medicare and Medicaid stimulus funding for the adoption of health IT.
• Comply confidently with the latest regulations from government agencies including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.
• Learn from one-on-one interviews with key government and industry leaders about the challenges facing providers in adopting and adapting to new health IT technologies.

Product Structure

Notification: current reports providing news and developments

Formats and Frequency

Web notification and e-mail summaries are published continually. PDF is available weekly.

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)
• Conferences
• Congressional calendar
• Contracts
• Data breaches
• Data security
• E-prescribing
• Electronic health records
• Enforcement
• Federal advisory committees
• Grants
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Hospitals
• Identity theft
• Industry trends
• Information exchange
• Interoperability
• Insurance
• Market trends
• Meaningful use
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
• Oversight
• Personal health records
• Pharmacy benefits
• Privacy
• Reform proposals
• Regulatory calendar
• Software
• Standards
• State regulations
• State trends
• Stimulus funding
• Tax policy
• Technology
• Telemedicine