Public Comment Period Ends
The public comment period for both the CMS NPRM and the ONC IRF ended on March 15th. The ONC and CMS are now sifting through…
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Recovery Room 3/28/10
There has been much to report about this month. First, everyone is getting back to business after this year’s HIMSS conference in Atlanta at the…
CCHIT Suspends Stage 1 Testing and Drummond Throws Hat in the Ring
The following guest post is provided by Jim Tate, President of EMR Advocate and contributing expert to HITECH Answers. CCHIT has announced a pause in…
CMS NPRM – Incentive Programs for Eligible Professionals
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on December 30, 2009, outlining both the objectives and measures…
Is your sales force HITECH ready?
In talking with some HIMSS exhibitors last week the issue of prepping sales teams to confidently talk to prospects about meaningful use, CMS incentives and…
HITECH Answers adds 20th Webinar
A year ago the concept for HITECH Answers took shape. From the outset, our number one priority was to build a resource site delivering independent…
ONC Issues Certification Programs Rules
The ONC released its expected NPRM for the Establishment of Certification Programs for Health Information Technology on March 3rd this week during the biggest HIT…
Blumenthal’s Keynote at HIMSS
ONC David Blumenthal spoke to a full house on Wednesday as the keynote speaker at the HIMSS Conference in Atlanta. He said he was a…
ONCHIT Interim Final Rule Overview
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) on December 30, 2009. The rules propose the initial set of standards,…