CMS Registration and Attestation System is now open. Providers participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program must attest to the 2016 program requirements by March 13, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. ET in order to avoid a 2018 payment adjustment.
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By Kate Goodrich, MD – I am pleased to announce that the CMS is notifying eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting and/or the Medicare EHR Incentive Programs of a deadline extension.
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.
Cal INDEX and Inland Empire Health Information Exchange announced a planned merger that will create one of the nation’s most comprehensive nonprofit health information exchanges (HIEs).
By Christian Kratsas – Care coordination missteps are damaging to providers across the healthcare industry and one huge, overarching mistake is apparent: not enough information is being shared.
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.
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the November report. Active registrants total over a half a million.
CMS recently added two new FAQs providing more information on changes to the programs as a result of the CY 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule.