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Meaningful Use Attestation Deadlines Extended For CMS EHR Incentive Program

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

The CMS is extending the deadline for physicians and other eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare EHR incentive program for the 2013 reporting year and is offering some hospitals a second chance at receiving payment—as well … Continue reading

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Proposed Medicare Payment Overhaul Would Affect CMS EHR Incentive Program

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The 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

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CMS EHR Incentive Payments Surpass 19B

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Strong 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

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New HHS Rule Gives Patients Direct Access To Lab Reports

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The 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

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Lack Of Data Security Could Cost Healthcare Organizations 1.6B

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If 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

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ONC Looses Authorized EHR Certification Body

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The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology will stop offering ONC testing and certification services. Instead, CCHIT will work toward increased IT interoperability by counseling providers and developers on certified EHR requirements. Thanks in part to what it says is … Continue reading

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Perspective On The ROI Of Health IT

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Hard numbers for return on investment in health IT aren’t always measurable, at least in a direct way. Instead, healthcare organizations need to look at both “hard” and “soft” savings when considering a system’s ROI. “There are many areas where … Continue reading

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CDC Report Cites Physicians Not Prepared For Stage 2 MU

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The Stage 2 numbers for eligible docs are, some might say, a little bit scary. Most office-based physicians are not prepared for the October 2014 beginning attestation date. In fact, many aren’t even close. Only 13 percent say their electronic … Continue reading

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ONC Releases Safety Assurance Factors For “SAFER” Use Of EHR’s

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released what it calls Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience guides: nine toolkits to help providers make safer use of electronic health records and other technology. The SAFER suite include … Continue reading

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CMS EHR Incentive Payments Approach $20B

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Electronic health record incentive payments to eligible docs and hospitals continue to climb into the new year. The “inexorable progress” of the federal EHR incentive program continues, with payments to providers moving ever closer to $20 billion. As of the end … Continue reading

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