CCHIT to Test EHR and HIE Interoperability
CCHIT Q&A on Interoperability and Stage 2 Our attendance at MGMA12 gave us an opportunity to meet up with many of our colleagues in the…
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Lab Orders and HIEs
Certification Requirements Needed to Transmit Lab Orders Ken Willett CEO/CTO of Ignis Systems Corporation A recent posting on Michigan Health Connect indicates that while this state-wide HIE…
HIE Best Practices: Preparing for Health Information Exchange
Storing Data within Health IT Systems Kyle S. Murphy, Senior Editor EHRintelligence.com .. Health information exchange is both a network enabling the exchange of health information…
Corrections Published for CMS EHR Incentive Programs
CMS Document Published in Federal Register to Correct Errors On Tuesday this week the CMS published a 10-page document in the Federal Register providing corrections…
OIG Begins Assessment of Meaningful Use Fraud
Issues Survey to Hospitals Who Have Received EHR Incentive Payments Established in 1976, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG)…
CMS Reports EHR Incentive Program Status
August EHR Incentive Program Numbers Posted Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers and facts you are about to see are all true… As…
Reducing Risks of an EHR Incentive Payment Audit
Meaningful Use Incentive Audits The chickens are coming home to roost. I wrote blog posts in June and December 2011 focused on potential audits for…
Massachusetts Launches Statewide Health Information Exchange
Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) Kicks off HIway The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a non-profit pioneer and leader in healthcare delivery through health information technology, announced…
CMS Hosts Call On 2014 CQMs for Stage 2 Meaningful Use
National Provider Call on New CQMs and New Reporting methods for Stage 2 Meaningful Use On Wednesday, October 24, 2012, from 12:30–2pm ET, CMS will host…