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…
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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…
Meaningful Use Payments To Continue Despite Gov’t Shutdown
Meaningful use incentive payments will continue despite a federal government shutdown, according to National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MedPage Today‘s “The Gupta Guide”…
CMS Releases New Resource on Stage 2 EHR Incentive Program
Stage 2 Guide for the EHR Incentive Programs Now Available CMS has released a new resource, An Eligible Professional’s Guide to Stage 2 of the EHR…
Over 1000 CAHs and Small, Rural Hospitals Meet the Meaningful Use Challenge
Mat Kendall, MPH / Director, Office of Provider Adoption Support , and Leila Samy / Rural Health IT Coordinator, ONC Last year, we issued a nationwide challenge to see 1000…
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…
Contingent of GOP Senators Ask HHS for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Extension
Senators Seek One Year Extension for Providers Not Ready for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Last week 17 U.S. Republican senators, led by John Thune (R-SD),…
EHR Hospital Reporting for 2013 Ends on September 30
CMS Correspondence Says Begin Preparing for Attestation Today September 30, 2013 is an important deadline for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in…
6 Things you need to know about Meaningful Use and EHR Certification in 2014
Steven Posnack, Director Federal Policy Division, ONC With the 2014 EHR reporting period for meaningful use right around the corner, here are 6 key pieces of…