10 FAQs About MIPS
This paper includes information from the CMS rules and updated with 2018 information from the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 with 10 FAQs answered.
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By William Hyman – The EHR mandate and rollout brought us specific measures of Meaningful Use that users must attest to through the three MU stages.
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By William Hyman – I listened to the ONC-CMS Reducing Clinician Burden Listening Session on February 22 which provided the not surprising result that users hate their EHRs on multiple levels and for multiple reasons.
How Do Digital Health Partnerships Happen?
By Donna Cusano – I recently covered a partnership between Doncaster UK’s MediBioSense Ltd.and San Francisco-based Blue Cedar, where Blue Cedar’s app security system will protect information from MediBioSense’s app through to the provider database.
How Will Your Employees Get You Hacked?
By Art Gross – Breaches are becoming increasingly common as cybercriminals continue to advance their skills and tactics to trick their victims into falling for their scams.
It Will Take a “Community” at HIMSS18 to Break Down the Barriers of Health Data Exchange
By Buff Colchagoff – It’s no secret that breaking down the barriers of health data interoperability is a major challenge in the healthcare arena, which will certainly be a major discussion topic at HIMSS 2018.
ERISA: The Safe Health Insurance Plan
By Alex Tate – A great source of confusion in dealing with health plans, health insurance plans, is that some of them are not really insurance. They are what are referred to as self-insured, or ERISA plans.
Recent Healthcare Regulations and Guidelines Providers Should Be Aware Of
By Jonathan Nguyen-Duy – Healthcare has long been a regulated space due to the sensitive personal information collected and stored. Top of mind when thinking of healthcare regulations is HIPAA, which provides comprehensive and mandatory standards for ensuring the security and privacy of PHI.