Arizona Health-e Connection’s eRx Initiative
Aggressive Goals Set For E-Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS) Campaign As part of its statewide E-Prescribing initiative, Arizona Health-e Connection has launched a campaign to…
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The Recoupment of Meaningful Use Incentives for Hospitals
By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate and Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate eMail: audits@emradvocate.com You are a 20 bed hospital that attested for CMS EHR…
Meaningful Use Incentive Adjustments – Here Come the Sticks
MU Adjustments Based on Two Years of Activity by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate For years we have talked about the carrot and stick approach to…
The Appeal of a Failed EHR Incentive Audit
Appealing an Adverse EHR Incentive Audit by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate The letter the hospital received said it all, “Based on our desk review of…
Public Health Measures Exclusions a Sticky Area in Meaningful Use Audits
MU Attestation and Public Health Measures by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate “The windy beach, far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow” as Dylan proclaimed….
“To the Victor Goes the Spoils”
Commentary by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate I love that sentence, “To the Victor Goes the Spoils”. Sounds like something Julius Caesar would have said but…
The Hacking of Healthcare
Influence of Lobbyists on Healthcare Commentary by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate “Lobbying is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government most…
The 8 Commandments of Meaningful Use Penalties for EPs
Eligible Professionals, EHR Incentives, Meaningful Use and Penalties We know the mantra well enough by now. “Carrots and Sticks”. The CMS EHR Incentive programs are…
The Business Model for Hacking Electronic Health Records
Security of Electronic Health Records I’ve been thinking lately about the security and privacy issues around patient information stored in electronic health records. No doubt…