Tag Archives: ACA

Changes

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

David Bowie said it in his classic song Changes, “Oh, look out you rock n’ rollers, soon you’re gonna get a little older.”  I am now 63, and Bowie could have sung those lyrics directly to me. As I get older, the … Continue reading →

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Old News and New Windows

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Between the January and March issues of Standards Insight, I feel like I have said about as much as I can about key issues in health IT.  In January, I laid out the basic probabilities that health reform as we … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Considers Healthcare Reform Law—How Will Its Decision Affect Health IT?

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Many of us are eagerly anticipating the Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which President Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010. The main issue is the ACA’s “Individual Mandate provision” (or “shared … Continue reading →

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