The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a pilot program to tackle Medicare fraud using tree-based artificial intelligence models and deep learning approaches, HHS Chief Information Officer Karl Mathias said Wednesday. The program has so
The Department of Health and Human Services’ internal watchdog found that the Food and Drug Administration failed to follow certain acquisition policies tied to how it manages its information technology contracts. The Office of Inspector
At the AFCEA Bethesda Health IT Summit on Jan. 17, explained that technology is the easier part of the modernization puzzle,
The Veterans Affairs Department is putting the pressure on industry to respond quickly to its draft solicitation for the next iteration of the VA’s main contract for acquiring technology transformation services and solutions. The draft
COVID-19 catalyzed federal health IT to expand innovation around health equity, data management and improved customer experience. In 2022, federal health agencies focused on interoperability, cybersecurity, DataOps and more to ensure equitable, accessible and secure
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ chief information officer expects the agency to move even its most complex health claims management systems to the cloud. Rajiv Uppal said Tuesday that the Department of Health
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is striving to use data to support its health equity efforts, agency officials said today at the AFCEA Bethesda Health IT Summit. While CMS is still in
A top Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official in charge of preparedness and response said today that the agency is interested in the development of automated patient reporting technologies to boost the government’s
On day one of AFCEA’s 15th Annual Health IT Summit on Jan. 17, emerging technology panelists from various agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) pointed to partnerships with industry and academia
ONC has released the Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Version 4, which proposes to add 20 data elements across a new data class and eight existing data classes. The new data class
