CMS NPRM Overview
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). It has taken the recommendations from the HIT Policy…
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CCHIT Releases New Test Scripts
The following guest post is provided by Jim Tate, President of EMR Advocate and a contributing expert for HITECH Answers. CCHIT has released their updated Certification…
The Quest for EHR Adoption
Today the public is commenting on the ONC Interim Final Rule and the CMS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The IFR issues rules for an initial…
Recovery Room 2/7/09
Comments on both the ONC IFR and the CMS NPRM are starting to come in. For the most part, the NPRM comments have been from individuals…
January HIT Meetings
The HIT Policy Committee and its workgroups met this month. The Meaningful Use (MU) workgroup met twice, the NHIN, Planning, Privacy, and HIE met once….
Ready or Not Electronic Health Records are Coming
The following guest post is provided by Dr. Nick van Terheyden, a contributing expert for HITECH Answers and Chief Medical Officer for M*Modal. The games…
The Waiting Room – week of 1/3/10
Of course what we were all waiting for was delivered last Wednesday. Now we will be waiting for all the comments to the released rules…
Rules and Regulations Released
In a joint briefing today ONC and CMS announced their respective rules and notices. The ONC released the anticipated interim final rule on Standards &…
The Recovery Room – 12/20/09
Both HIT Policy and Standard Committees met for the final time this year. Both ONC and CMS are on track to release interim rules by…