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CMS Reports EHR Incentive Payouts Climb

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serives (CMS) has paid more than $9.3 billion in Medicare EHR Incentive Program payments between May 2011 and June 2013, according to the recent release of the latest program statistics. More than $5.8 billion … Continue reading →

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ONC Begins Work On E-Clinical Quality Measures Policy For MU Stage 3

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Looking ahead several years to Meaningful Use Stage 3, the ONC Health IT Policy Committee is considering policies for e-clinical quality measures and the data intermediaries and standards to support them. The Policy Committee’s Quality Measures Workgroup is tasked with … Continue reading →

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ICD-10 Transition – Cash Flow Is King

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Healthcare providers may face disruptions in their payments even if they are on target to operate using ICD-10 codes on Oct. 1, 2014.   Since providers will, and indeed need, to be able to pay rent and staff salaries if … Continue reading →

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ONC Chief Pleased With Health IT Adoption Progress

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

  National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, told members of the Health IT Policy Committee on Tuesday, July 9th to remain steadfast, bask in the progress made over the past four years, but continue to “react and respond … Continue reading →

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Environmental Intelligence Releases July 2013 EI Connections Newsletter

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

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

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ONC Begins Work On MU Stage 3 HIE Standards

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Health information exchange is emphasized in Meaningful Use Stage 2, and it’s set to get even more priority in Stage 3, as the ONC looks to enable a sort of nationwide health information exchange. As the Health IT Policy Committee … Continue reading →

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Senate Hearing Participants Call For Delaying MU Stage 2

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., began the Senate Finance Committee hearing on health IT with a thomas Edison quote: “Vision with out execution is hallucination.” Following last week’s call from Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, to pause the meaningful use program and … Continue reading →

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ONC Releases 2014 Health IT Privacy & Security Priorities

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Want to know what the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s privacy and security priorities are for the coming year? Then take a look at the ONC’s new report to Congress. Click here to view the ONC report. … Continue reading →

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First Wave Of IHE – ICSA Labs Interoperability Certifications Announced

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

A certification program launched earlier this year at the IHE North American Connectathon, designed to promote interoperability among vendors, has certified its first batch of health IT products, officials from IHE and ICSA Labs announced Tuesday. Under the certification program, … Continue reading →

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CMS Administrator Says EHR’s Are Transforming Doctor-Patient Relationships

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Frank J. Rosello

Providers are increasingly using electronic health records, both to manage their patients’ care and to provide more information to those patients, according to new data published Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Already, approximately 80 percent of … Continue reading →

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