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Senate Bill Proposes Expanding CMS EHR Incentive Program

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Currently, mental health providers are not eligible to receive federal electronic health record incentive payments under the meaningful use program. One U.S. Senator, however, is working to change that. Ohio Republican Rob Portman recently proposed legislation, the Behavioral Health Information … Continue reading

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eHealth Survey Finds Interoperability Is The Largest Challenge For HIE’s

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Interoperability is still the largest challenge for most health information exchanges, the eHealth Initiative’s annual HIE survey has found. “Despite the incorporation of new meaningful use policies, it is clear that interoperability issues are still stifling organizations’ ability to connect,” … Continue reading

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ONC Says Stage 2 Meaningful Use Delay Is Unlikely

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Wish there could be a delay of Stage 2 meaningful use? Talk to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. And don’t hold your breath. Responding to a written, … Continue reading

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Health IT Alliance Names Top 3 HIE Hurdles

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As CommonWell Health Alliance, the new interoperability coalition of health IT companies, approaches the start of its first pilot project, company officials used AHIMA’s annual conference in Atlanta to underscore the biggest health information exchange hurdles currently facing vendors and … Continue reading

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e-Health Tools Likely To Decrease Outpatient Visits To The Doctor

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In the not-too-distant future, it is quite likely that most interactions between patients and the health care system will happen online, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who partnered with The Commonwealth Fund to … Continue reading

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Interoperability Remains Biggest Hurdle For HIE’s

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Interoperability among disparate systems continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing health information exchanges today, according to the findings of a new industry survey. “Despite the incorporation of new meaningful use policies, it is clear that interoperability issues … Continue reading

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CMS Reports Record $16B In EHR Incentive Payouts

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The federal dollars for providers and hospitals attesting to meaningful use keep on coming. As of September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has paid out more than $16.5 billion to eligible providers and hospitals, representing a slight decrease … Continue reading

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CMS To Recover $31M In EHR Incentive Payments

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One Florida-based hospital management group is now in a rush to revise its financial statements after realizing it owes the government more than $31 million because the group recorded the hospitals’ Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments as income. … Continue reading

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Environmental Intelligence Releases October 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

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Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its October 2013 EI Connections Newsletter.  Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: October 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter?  Click on this link to … Continue reading

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Patient Portal Security Considerations

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As healthcare facilities launch their own patient portals, technology is only the first step. Administrators are learning that decisions need to be made on everything from patient login protocols to support for patient record revisions. HIPAA regulations, always a primary … Continue reading

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