Two veterans in South Carolina have filed a class action lawsuit against the VA stemming from a February breach, arguing that it would have been preventable with encryption.

mHIMSS Editor Eric Wicklund outlines some of the things attendees can do while in the so-called "Live Music Capital of the World."

Nearly 50 years after the creation of Medicaid, the program faces steep financial challenges. Modernizing the IT systems underpinning Medicaid promises to usher in a more consumer-friendly era.

A common piece of many contracts, the hold harmless clause can still be a contested part of the negotiation, even when it comes to the ICD-10 conversion.

The Senate Finance Committee initially birthed the ACA, and now, in a lame duck session, the committee is looking for a solution to the so-called fiscal cliff. One compromise said to be floating around the Beltway could involve Democrats agreeing to long-term Medicare and Medicaid spending reductions in exchange for Republican support for tax increases.

AHA, AMA, other industry associations warn that as many as 766,000 healthcare jobs could be lost by 2021 if the automatic federal budget cuts to Medicare and Medicaid take hold in January.

The John A. Hartford Foundation has received a multi-year, multi-million dollar Social Innovation Fund (SIF) award for a program to improve depression care in medically underserved rural communities in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. The SIF, which is an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), awarded the Foundation a two-year, $2 million grant.

This Week in Government Health IT ... ACA anxiety while waiting for SCOTUS, AMA on ICD-11, EHR incentives surpass $5.7 billion, and more.

This week, it's the Government Health IT annual conference. Rethinking the HIE business model, SCOTUS and ACA, DoD makes AHLTA Theater open source, and more.