Breaking Healthcare News March 31, 2012

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Breaking Healthcare News March 31, 2012


Today’s Healthcare Headlines:

• N.Y. panel to update privacy, security policiesThe New York state health department and the New York eHealth Collaborative, the federally designated coordinator for developing state-wide health information exchange in the Empire State, are creating a policy advisory committee whose first task is…
  
• Ind. HIE, health department start pilot programThe St. Joseph (Ind.) County Health Department has started a pilot program with South Bend, Ind.-based Michiana Health Information Network to bolster its communicable-disease reporting on both the local and state…
  
• Democrats see Ryan budget plan as dead on arrivalMoments after the House approved a Republican budget plan that includes sweeping changes to Medicare and Medicaid, Democrats were quick to note the financial framework has no chance of becoming law.
  
• Doc associations warn CMS about coming ‘storm’ of overlapping regulationsThe American Medical Association joined with other physician organizations to urge the CMS to consider the
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