Monthly Archives: February 2014
Newer posts →Proposed Medicare Payment Overhaul Would Affect CMS EHR Incentive Program
February 7, 2014The proposed legislative overhaul of Medicare’s payment formula for physicians has important implications for the use of health information technology, including significant changes to the regulatory scheme for the meaningful use of electronic health records. The meaningful-use requirements in Medicare’s … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentCMS EHR Incentive Payments Surpass 19B
February 6, 2014Strong momentum continues for the meaningful use program as CMS revealed that it has disbursed more than $19 billion in reimbursement incentives. There were 440, 998 registered providers participating in the federal electronic health record incentive program as of the … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HITECH Act, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentNew HHS Rule Gives Patients Direct Access To Lab Reports
February 5, 2014The Department of Health and Human Services has made changes to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, giving patients and their designees direct access to laboratory test reports. The CLIA amendment allows labs to give a patient – or … Continue reading
Posted in HHS | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Patient Experience, PHI | Leave a commentLack Of Data Security Could Cost Healthcare Organizations 1.6B
February 4, 2014If you’re shirking your security systems’ obligations all to save a few pennies, better think again. Chances are, it will end up costing much more down the road — a whopping $1.6 billion more. Most healthcare organizations nationwide, some 61 … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, medical practice best practices, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a comment Newer posts →
