Fierce Healthcare February 9, 2018
After a brief shutdown Friday morning, Congress passed a spending bill that includes some important health IT extenders.
Health IT organizations and telehealth advocates are lauding the inclusion of telehealth provisions in a new spending bill signed by President Donald Trump on Friday morning, along with some regulatory relief tied to EHR requirements and several new opportunities for additional health IT funding.
After a five-hour government shutdown that kicked in at midnight on Thursday, the House voted to approve a $400 billion bipartisan budget deal Friday morning, hours after it passed through the Senate The massive spending package features funding for several health programs, including a four-year extension for the Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP). The bill also raises...
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