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September 11, 2012The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS have produced a video game for training healthcare professionals and staff about their privacy and security responsibilities. The game will be … Continue reading
Posted in PHI Data Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, ONC, PHI, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentHHS Final Rule To Boost Standardization With Introduction of HPID
September 5, 2012HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday a final rule establishing a health plan identifier (HPID), that officials say will boost standardization within HIPAA transactions and increase the efficiency of health billing processes. The final rule, established by the Office of … Continue reading
Posted in HHS Final Rule | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Healthcare, HHS, HHS Final Rule, HHS Policy, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, HPID | Leave a commentStage 2 MU – AMA Says Providers Face Measures They Can’t Control
September 4, 2012It has been a week since the release of the Stage 2 meaningful use final rule, with many groups and experts only beginning to resurface from studying the 700 or so pages that will define how eligible providers in the … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentInitial CIOs Perspectives On Stage 2 Meaningful Use Final Rule
August 29, 2012Chief information officers were scrambling to wade through and make sense of more than 1,000 pages of Stage 2 meaningful use rules yesterday afternoon, with some poring over the details late into the night. Most seem pleased, so far, but … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentHHS Explains Final Rule Decision To Delay ICD-10
August 28, 2012Word of the new ICD-10 compliance deadline came as welcome news to many in the healthcare realm – just not everyone. There remains a corner of the industry that publicly asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10 | Tagged CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HHS, ICD-10, ICD-10 Final Rule, ICD-11 | Leave a commentHHS Finalizes One-Year Delay For ICD-10
August 27, 2012Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Aug. 24 a rule finalizing a one-year proposed delay – from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014 – in the compliance date for use of ICD-10 codes, which classify diseases … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10 | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, ICD-10, ICD-10 Final Rule | Leave a commentHighlights And Reaction To The Final Rule For Stage 2 Meaningful Use
August 24, 2012The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released the final rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use on Thursday, August 23, 2012. The final rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Final Rule, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentGovernment Moving Forward With Automating Public Health Reporting
August 23, 2012The federal government has tapped IBM to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) to align public health case reporting with meaningful use requirements. The idea is that timely … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, Meaningful Use, Public Health Reporting | Leave a commentKey Operational And Financial Benefits Of EHR Adoption
August 8, 2012There has been several recent studies published that have illustrated the potential benefits of electronic health record (EHR) adoption. Of the many potential benefits cited in these studies, the two that seem to consistently surface are improvement in the clinical … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Adoption | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services | Leave a commentCMS Counting On Technology To Revamp Medicaid
August 3, 2012The Medicaid expansion was supposed to be the least controversial part of the health reform lawsuit. But since the Supreme Court essentially made broadening its eligibility voluntary for states, not a day goes by without news reports guessing how Medicaid … Continue reading
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