The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended two deadlines affecting eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program and/or the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.
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State HIEs 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. Check in on the latest news and updates being reported by these organizations.
CAHs and EHs are required to participate in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program to successfully demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology during the applicable reporting period to avoid a downward payment adjustment for a CAH or EH applicable payment year.
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
Denver-based CORHIO and Phoenix-based Health Current, both HIEs that operate independently under the regional organization Contexture, recently earned separate Certified statuses for information security by HITRUST. Together, CORHIO and Health Current serve 1,800 healthcare organizations across Colorado and Arizona.
State HIEs 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. Check in on the latest news and updates being reported by these organizations.
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
By David Hunt – Social isolation is more than an emotional hardship – it can have chronic and quantifiable effects on overall health, especially for older adults. For adults aged 50 and older, social isolation significantly increases their risk of dementia, heart failure, and even premature death.
State HIEs 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. Check in on the latest news and updates being reported by these organizations.