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Government Omnibus Bill Provides for Interoperability, Health Data

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Yesterday, the President Trump signed legislation funding the government through September 30, 2018, a significant portion of which will go toward funding healthcare over the coming year. The $1.3 trillion bill includes provisions for the VA to support its EHR transition to Cerner, as well as $60 million to the National Coordinator for Health IT and an increase of $10 million to HHS.

Full story on how the bill affects healthcare from Healthcare IT News here.