By Jonathan Krasner – Back in March, we reported that OCR had announced its Phase 2 Audit Program. OCR stated that they would compile a database of both Covered Entities and Business Associates to form the basis of the pool of organizations potentially targeted for audit. They have followed up on their intentions and in the last week organizations have started to receive contact emails from OCR.
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Check out the latest announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments in the healthcare and health IT industry.
The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality:
Last year we began hosting virtual round table panel discussions addressing our industry’s most pressing topics. Now we’re taking on two more topics: the National election and the transition to new value-based care models.
CMS released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The comment period closed on June 27, 2016. You can review comments on Regulations.gov. Here are selected comments submitted from industry groups.
Welcome to Talent Tuesday. Check back each week as we highlight job opportunities and tips from the healthcare IT recruitment specialists at Greythorn. Today’s opportunity is an Epic Orders Analyst.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report in May. Active registrants total over a half a million.
State Health Information Exchanges (HIE) come in all shapes and sizes but have one thing in common: To improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivered in their states. Catch all the latest updates on our Twitter List of HIEs. Here are updates being reported from these organizations.
By Tony Cotterill – We love our acronyms in healthcare, don’t we? Even departments within the hospital often have their own names. Consider the differences between acronyms used in the billing department and those used by clinicians. But even clinicians in different specialties may not “speak” the same acronym language.