ONC released new version of the Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020. This is the new blueprint to improve the health IT infrastructure to help transform health care delivery, improve individual and community health and support a responsive, evolving health IT ecosystem that puts individuals at the center of care.
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On July 7th, CMS issued a letter to providers emphasizing the importance of readiness for ICD-10, stating the Medicare claim processing system will no longer have the capability to accept ICD-9 codes after Sept. 30, 2015 or accept claims with both ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes.
By Steve Spearman. Earlier this summer, the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) published a paper titled Impact of the HITECH act on physicians’ adoption of electronic health records, that analyzed how well HITECH has incentivized doctors to make the leap into EHR.
The following have announced that these products have received ONC 2014 Edition Product Certifications. You can find all product certification information on the ONC CHPL web site.
In comments filed on September 8th with CMS, the National Partnership for Women & Families commends proposed updates to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Part B, and particularly applauds CMS’ proposal to reimburse providers for high-quality, effective advance care planning.
WEDI announced the release of two new resources produced to ensure a smooth transition to ICD-10 including the ICD-10 State Workers’ Compensation Readiness List and the List of State Medicaid Sites with ICD-10 Information.
By Erica Galvez – Recent ONC analyses from a nationwide survey of non-federal acute care hospitals conducted by the American Hospital Association (AHA) highlight the near universal adoption of EHRs by hospitals and significant increases in hospitals’ electronically exchanging health information with outside providers compared to past years.
By John Halamka MD – In many previous posts, I’ve written about the importance of enabling infrastructure to accelerate interoperability. The standards are not the rate limiting step, but the lack of a provider directory, patient identifier, and consent registry are.
By Patrick Conway – As part of its ongoing work to identify more effective ways to serve Medicare beneficiaries, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center announced the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model.