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March 28, 2014The implementation date of the nationwide conversion to the ICD-10 family of diagnostic and procedural codes would be delayed by at least a year under a House Ways and Means Committee bill aimed at providing the annual fix to the … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10 | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, ICD-10 | Leave a commentONC Chief Moving To Make Public Health A Priority
March 27, 2014Dr. Karen DeSalvo is not the first head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology with a public health background. But she’s sounding as though she may be the first to make public health an ONC … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentONC Chief DeSalvo Perspectives On Patient ID’s and HIE’s
March 19, 2014Health information exchange on a national level is attainable within the next three years, but matching patients to all the right records is a critical data security, privacy and patient safety concern that must first be addressed, says Karen DeSalvo, … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, PHI Data Security, PHI Security | Leave a commentONC Proposing Voluntary EHR Certification For 2015
March 17, 2014At the same time that a huge coalition of health organization asks for more flexibility in the current phase of the EHR incentive program, federal health IT regulators are proposing a new, voluntary certification for 2015 that they think could … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Certification, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentCMS Provides Organizations With Meaningful Use Exceptions
March 14, 2014The federal government has provided relief for healthcare providers via the hardship exception rule in the Meaningful EHR Incentive Program. Eligible physicians and hospitals can apply for exceptions to anticipated penalties if their EHR vendor has not obtained EHR certification … Continue reading
Posted in EHR 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, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentGAO Calls For Significant Strategy Changes To The CMS EHR Incentive Program
March 11, 2014The GAO recently took a swipe at the government’s Meaningful Use EHR Incentive Program, saying it lacked strategy and called for action to establish a strategy in order to achieve its goals, especially those aimed at improving care. Specifically, GAO … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, 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, ONC | Leave a commentCMS EHR Invcentive Program Payments May Exceed $22.5B Estimate
March 6, 2014It seems possible the federal electronic health-record incentive payment program will surpass its current $22.5 billion estimated total payout, based on the latest numbers from the CMS. The incentive payment program, created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of … 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, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases February 2014 EI Connections Newsletter
March 3, 2014Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its February 2014 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: February 2014 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EHR Interoperability, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Interoperability, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIE, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIT, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentHHS Administrator Says ICD-10 Deadline Won’t Be Delayed
February 27, 2014Providers, payers and claims clearinghouses can look for no relief from the looming, Oct. 1 compliance deadline for the nationwide conversion to the ICD-10 family of diagnostic and procedural codes, the head of the CMS said Thursday. But some case-by-case … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10 | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, ICD-10 | Leave a commentONC Supports EHR Update For Implantable Medical Devices
February 27, 2014The ONC has recommended that makers of electronic health records update their systems to capture and display identification data about implantable medical devices. The recommendation, which came in a proposed rule late Friday, suggests that EHRs record and display these … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, ONC, Patient Experience | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
