HIMSS25: Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations, speaks to writers.
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LAS VEGAS- Republicans are expected to release the saving bill’s language as soon as this weekend, back of a March 14 date, according to Politco.
The preventative measure may prevent a government shutdown.
According to a proposed resources, the Energy and Commerce Committee will cut spending by$ 880 billion. Medicaid is not particularly mentioned, but cuts to the program are anticipated.
Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government ties for HIMSS, stated that he doesn’t anticipate the cuts to be as extreme as the ones mentioned, which are up to the complete$ 880 billion.
Unknown is whether the bill would add an extension of the telehealth and distant individual monitoring flexibilities, which expire on March 31. According to Leary, HMSS has long supported a continuous extension for telehealth and distant patient monitoring.  ,
Patient care can be performed at home using distant individual monitoring.  ,
” We’re hearing assurance that telemedicine will be expanded,” Leary said.  ,
He claimed there is help on both sides of the aisle.
Leary stated that there is a lot of confusion about the direction the Trump administration is taking.
A worldwide perspective on AI, responsible use of AI, security, digital health transformation, and workplace are other important target areas for HIMSS for the year, according to Leary.
The larger image of what’s happening in the rest of the world and how it affects the United States is presented here. An AI framework that international businesses will use was approved by the European Union, according to Leary. He claimed that international companies don’t care about creating unique frameworks for different nations.
The exact holds true for security. The EU has passed security regulations.
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