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May 8, 2012On Friday, May 4th, the HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association submitted its comments on Meaningful Use Stage 2 with CMS and the ONC. The EHR Association responded to notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM’s) from both the Centers for Medicare and … 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, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentGAO Urges CMS To Tighten Meaningful Use Verification
May 2, 2012There is room for improving how the government measures whether hospitals and physicians have met the requirements for meaningful use of EHRs to prevent improper payments, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO made four recommendations to CMS … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use | Leave a commentCHIME Position: More Preparation is Needed for Stage 2
May 1, 2012CHIME, which represents 1,400 healthcare CIOs across the country, is asking the government for more preparation time to demonstrate Stage 2 meaningful use, hoping to make sure the reporting is just so. With the May 7 deadline looming for submitting … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EHR Technology Enhancements, 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 commentONC Chief Says: ‘Keep our eyes on the prize’
April 30, 2012The changes taking place in U.S. healthcare as a result of rapid healthcare IT adoption leave the nation’s health IT chief Farzad Mostashari optimistic – especially about improving quality, he told the audience at a meeting of the National Quality … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT Policy | 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, ONC Strategic Plan, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases April 2012 Newsletter
April 30, 2012Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its April 2012 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: April 2012 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on this link to … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, 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 Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIE, HIPAA Compliance, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentTransaction Technology Critical To Meaningful Use Stage 2
April 27, 2012Health IT is at a critical juncture with the technical NPRM for Stage 2 of meaningful use (MU). There have always been questions about whether enough standards, implementation guidance, and policies would be expressed ahead of the huge HITECH EHR … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Health Information Exchange, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, HIE Standards, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentLatest HIPAA Violation Affects Phoenix Based Practice
April 25, 2012On April 19, 2012 the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reported that a Phoenix based cardiology practice has agreed to pay HHS a $100,000 settlement for violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. What is alarming about this … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare Information Security | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Tips, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HIPAA Violations, Managed Network Services, medical practice best practices | Leave a commentCMS: 5 Ways ACA Will Save Medicare $200 Billion
April 24, 2012A new report indicates that the Affordable Care Act will save Medicare more than $200 billion through 2016, announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Monday. According to the report from CMS’ Office of the Actuary, the ACA achieves … Continue reading
Posted in ACA | Tagged ACA, CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services | Leave a commentCMS Update: EHR Incentive Payments Tally $4.5B To Date
April 23, 2012The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid $4.5 billion to 76,612 physicians and hospitals in incentive payments through March 2012. Of that amount, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services paid out $339.9 million for Medicare eligible … Continue reading
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, 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 | Leave a commentFive Ways Overturning ACA Would Affect Health IT
April 23, 2012If the Supreme Court were to overturn the health reform law, five areas in the statute that rely heavily on health IT tools could lose funding for their implementation. Striking the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) would not … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | Tagged ACA, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
