MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'federal register'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:36 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813249&cid=t_117229_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsSqIDHP1DpQ%2F By Daniel GriswoldOK, I took some editorial license on the line from the 1970s song by C.W. McCall about truckers bantering on their CB radios, but the spirit of the song applies to our ongoing dispute with Mexico over access to U.S. highways. On Friday, the comment period will end in the Federal Register on a pilot program proposed by the Obama administration that would allow qualified Mexican trucks and their Mexican drivers to make long-haul deliveries within the United States. With the exception of a brief interlude from 2007 to 2009, the U.S. has banned Mexican trucks from serving destinations within the United States. I explain why this is bad for our economy and our reputation as a nation in an op-ed this morning in the Washington Times and in my own comments filed with the Federal ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813249 Wed, 11 May 2011 15:36:03 +0100 4813249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3767077&cid=t_117229_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmeaningful-use-does-what-you-do-qualify%2F2010.07.19 One doesn’t usually look to the Federal Register to define meaning or purpose (philosophers, yes, but bureaucrats?), but the federal government has officially ruled on what constitutes “meaningful use” — for the purposes of distributing dollars to clinicians for electronic health records. The Wall Street Journal’s health blog has an excellent synopsis of the rule and the reaction from different interest groups and experts, and the New England Journal of Medicine has a very clear explanation and summary of its key elements by David Blumenthal, M.D., F.A.C.P., the federal government’s coordinator of health information technology. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3767077 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3767077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3617939&cid=t_117229_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedocket.access.gpo.gov%2F2010%2Fpdf%2F2010-12647.pdf Last week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule revising the conditions of participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals allowing for a new credentialing and privileging process for physicians and practitioners who provide telemedicine services. The proposed rule should make it easier on smaller hospital (especially critical access hospitals) who don't have the in-house medical staff to adequately evaluate and privilege a wide range of specialty physicians who provide services through telemedicine.The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 26, 2010, and titled, Credentialing and Privileging of Telemedicine Physicians and Practitioners, 75 Fed Reg 29479 (May 26, 2010). Comments on the proposed rule must be submitte... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3617939 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:12:23 +0100 3617939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573685&cid=t_117229_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FGoydcQ_e7dM%2F By Lynn Shapiro Snyder. Reproduced with permission from BNA’s Health Care Policy Report, 18 HCPR 680 (May 3, 2010). Copyright 2010 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com Health reform is a process, not an outcome. The health care industry needs to treat Phase II of health reform—–implementation by the Executive Branch—with the same focus and zeal as they did with Phase I—deliberation and passage by the Legislative Branch. It may not be as sexy as Capitol Hill but industry participation in shaping implementation through the Executive Branch could have an even greater impact for industry efforts. Phase II is when the rubber of ‘‘the law’’ meets the road of ‘‘the real world.’’ We are one month into implementation so now is the t... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573685 Tue, 18 May 2010 11:57:20 +0100 3573685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529887&cid=t_117229_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedocket.access.gpo.gov%2F2010%2Fpdf%2F2010-10054.pdf Today the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Department of Health and Human Services issued a Request for Information titled HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (75 Fed Reg 23214 May 3, 2010). More information at the OCR website. The Request for Information by OCR seeks comments from health consumers and health care providers/organizations. OCR seeks information on the following areas: Understanding the interests of individuals (health consumers) with respect to learning of such disclosures; and The administrative burden on covered entities (health care providers/organizations) and business associates of accounting for such disclosures. The Request for Information states that Section 13405(c) of the Health... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529887 Tue, 04 May 2010 14:05:24 +0100 3529887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408492&cid=t_117229_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.federalregister.gov%2FOFRUpload%2FOFRData%2F2010-06687_PI.pdf On March 24, 2010, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the Interim Final Rule with Request for Comments on Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances.The Interim Final Rule outlines the procedures for health care providers to electronically prescribe controlled substances. The DEA has revised its regulations to provide practitioners with the option of writing prescriptions for controlled substances electronically and permit pharmacies to receive, dispense and archive these electronic prescriptions.The Interim Final Rule will be officially published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 and will include a 60 day comment period. (Source: Health Care Law Blog) Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408492 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:32:38 +0100 3408492 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=592922&cid=t_117229_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthcarebloglaw.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fjustias-rss-federal-register.html Do you have a need to monitor the federal rules, proposed rules and orders on a particular topic or particular agency? If so, Justia's Regulation Tracker to the rescue. A very useful tool for those of us in the highly regulated world of health care.Thanks to Tom Mighell at inter alia I just learned about this new feature. I've added a couple of test RSS feeds on topics that I regularly try to monitor. You can also browse by government agency. I've been using Justia's federal court filings RSS feeds for a while to monitor cases filed in the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia but wasn't aware of this new federal rule tracker. (Source: Health Care Law Blog) Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=592922 Mon, 07 May 2007 04:25:00 +0100 592922