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February 26, 2014This is not going to be easy: ONC and CMS officials are talking about aligning incentives at some point in the future. On Monday during a town hall session, an attendee representing a Kentucky regional extension center asked top officials … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | 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, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HIE, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentONC Issues Interim HITECH Act EHR Rule Proposal
February 25, 2014The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Feb. 21 issued a proposal for an interim, updated edition of HITECH Act electronic health record software certification criteria, including privacy and security components. Compliance with the proposed 2015 … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | 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, HITECH Act, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentONC Proposal Addresses EHR Vendors Concerns On Evolving Rules
February 24, 2014Federal officials issued the first set of voluntary standards under a new process that will give companies that develop electronic health-record systems more notice about what requirements will be included in the federal rules governing their products.HHS’ Office of the … Continue reading
Posted in ONC | Tagged CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentProviders Driving Towards Achieveing Meaningful Use
February 21, 2014Nearly 90 percent of eligible hospitals have received an EHR incentive payment, according to figures shared by officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday at HIMSS14. And while eligible professionals (EPs) haven’t yet approached that threshold, … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | 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, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentNew Randomizer Tool Helping Providers To Meet Stage 2 Meaningful Use
February 12, 2014A new testing tool to help providers meet the EHR incentive payment program’s Stage 2 meaningful-use criteria is now available.The criteria are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The CMS and HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | 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 Best Practices, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentMeaningful Use Attestation Deadlines Extended For CMS EHR Incentive Program
February 10, 2014The 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
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentProposed Medicare Payment Overhaul Would Affect CMS EHR Incentive Program
February 7, 2014The 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
Posted in EHR Incentives | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, 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, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule | Leave a commentCMS EHR Incentive Payments Surpass 19B
February 6, 2014Strong 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
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, Health IT Services, HHS, HITECH Act, Meaningful Use, ONC | Leave a commentNew HHS Rule Gives Patients Direct Access To Lab Reports
February 5, 2014The 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
Posted in HHS | Tagged Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Patient Experience, PHI | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases January 2014 EI Connections Newsletter
January 31, 2014Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its January 2014 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: January 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, EHR Adoption, EHR Cloud Hosting, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, Health IT Standards, HHS, HIE, HIE Standards, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, medical practice best practices, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI Data Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a comment ← Older posts Newer posts →
