Robert M. Kolodner, MD, has been formally appointed as head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. He has been serving as interim head since last September, when the first national coordinator, David Brailer, stepped down. The HIT Office was established in 2004 to carry out the President’s initiative to have e-health records for all Americans by 2014.

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May 21, 2007 - Table of Contents

NIR May 21, 2007 (full PDF issue)

CAP Revs Up Its Drive to Overhaul CLIA Cytology PT

Physician Groups Grapple With Medicare Fee Fix

Finding the Money to Prevent Medicare Physician Fee Cuts

Q&As on NPI Contingency Plan for Medicare Fee-for-Service

HHS Veteran Kerry Weems Nominated to Head CMS

Robert Kolodner Named Top Health IT Officer at HHS

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