CMS Year End Update
CMS Recent Announcements Keeping up with CMS these days is almost a full time job. Here are some matters you might want to know. The…
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Smoking and Meaningful Use
Smoking Found in Meaningful Use Objectives Everyday the Gallup and Healthways polls 1000 Americans and asks if they smoke. The polling results become part of…
Meaningful Use Attestation Process and EHR Incentive Audits
Meaningful Use Attestation: A Word to the Wise on Audits The CMS EHR Incentive Program is going full bore. Over $390,000,000 was paid out in…
HIT Policy Committee reports November Health IT Numbers
Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers and facts you are about to see are all true… As of December 1st . New Jersey…
CMS Update on Heart Failure CQM
CMS Releases Updates on Heart Failure CQMs Meaningful use core objective #10 for Eligible Professionals is to report ambulatory clinical quality measures to CMS. EPs must…
CMS User Guide for Beginners
CMS Issues Intro Guide on EHR Incentive Program What do you do if you have literally thousands of web pages and download documents organized on…
CMS EHR Incentive Payments Accelerate
CMS EHR Incentives for Providers: Payment Statistics My grandmother always said that  “the proof is in the pudding”. In the case of CMS EHR incentives…
Critical Mass in the Advance of Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology Tipping Point I was in Washington, DC last week for the 2011 ONC Annual Meeting. This was a three day program that…
Meaningful Use and Documentation of Vital Signs
Meaningful Use and Vital Signs Sometimes things are not what they seem. What can appear simple can become  complex upon closer examination. Lately I’ve been…