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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 commentCMS EHR Incentive Payments Approach $20B
January 21, 2014Electronic 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
Posted in EHR Incentives | 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 | Leave a commentOIG Report Calls Out CMS For EHR Fraud Failings
January 14, 2014Electronic health records may be doing great things for patient care, but they have also made it easier to commit fraud, according to the findings of a new report from the Office of Inspector General. The OIG report underscored the … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, OIG | Leave a commentMeaningful Use is Good for Business
January 10, 2014Remember the old days? Way back before 2009? Healthcare had some catching up to do. But no one quite knew just how to do it. So much of the industry was still paper based. Where technology was deployed, it was … Continue reading
Posted in Meaningful Use | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Services, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentOIG Releases “Best Practices” To Prevent EHR Fraud
January 9, 2014A federal watchdog says the CMS and its Medicare contractors could do more to ensure providers don’t use electronic health-record systems as a means to fraudulent ends.The 17-page report by HHS’ Office of the Inspector General is the latest salvo … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | Tagged EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Services, HHS, OIG | Leave a commentEnvironmental Intelligence Releases December 2013 EI Connections Newsletter
December 31, 2013Happy New Year! Environmental Intelligence LLC is pleased to release its December 2013 EI Connections Newsletter. Please send your feedback or suggestions to [email protected]. Click Here to view: December 2013 EI Connections Newsletter Want to automatically receive our monthly newsletter? Click on … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Intelligence | Tagged CMS, CMS EHR Incentives, CMS Policy, EHR, EHR Adoption, EHR Best Practices, EHR Consulting, EHR Hosting, EHR Implementation, EHR Incentives, EI Connections Newsletter, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Best Practices, Health IT Information Security, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services, HHS, HIPAA Compliance, HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, Meaningful Use, ONC, Patient Experience, PHI, PHI Data Breaches, PHI Data Security, PHI Security, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentHHS, CMS Release New Rule To Extend Anti-Kickback Exemption For EHR’s Thru 2021
December 30, 2013In a year-end set of new regulations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the HHS Inspector General finalized the Stark law exemption, which allows hospitals to fund up to 85 percent of EHR costs for physicians, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Electronic Health Records | 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 commentCan Health IT Catch Up By Slowing Down?
December 27, 2013With the disappointing news this month that Stage 2 of EHR meaningful use will be extended and Stage 3 delayed, frustrated doctors, patients and policymakers should expect the unfortunate reality of the government subsidizing systems that don’t talk to one … Continue reading
Posted in Health IT | 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, medical practice best practices, ONC, Patient Experience, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentCMS, ONC Extend Meaningful Use
December 26, 2013A joint CMS and ONC blog post today divulges the government’s intentions to extend the timeline for meaningful use Stages 2 and 3. “Under the revised schedule, Stage 2 would be extended through 2016 and Stage 3 would begin in … 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, HHS, Meaningful Use, ONC, Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule, Stage 3 Meaningful Use | Leave a commentHSS Appoints New ONC Chief
December 23, 2013New Orleans Health Commissioner Karen DeSalvo, MD, will take over as national coordinator for health information technology, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced this morning. Sebelius made the announcement Thursday in a memo sent out to staff members. DeSalvo will be … Continue reading
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