The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch, Scottsdale, AZ – This event will bring together leaders and managers from some 50 HIEs across the country for 3-days of collaboration and networking to discuss best practices and engage in an open and informative dialog with industry leaders.
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Improving the quality, safety and efficiency of health care delivered in their states. Here are updates being reported from these organizations: SC Health Information Exchange, Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services, Georgia Health Information Network, Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority, and New York -Statewide Health Information Network for New York.
On July 6, CMS released the Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) proposed rule. This rule includes a number of proposed changes that would affect the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.
The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Recently making news in health information exchange is New York eHealth Collaborative, Inovalon, athenahealth, DirectTrust and Document Storage Systems, Inc.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report in June. Active registrants total over a half a million.
Published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2016, new CMS proposed rule for Medicare reporting programs includes changes to the EHR Incentive Program. Changes cover eligible hospitals, CAHs, and EPs for reporting periods 2016 and beyond. Comment period ends on September 6, 2016.
Here are updates being reported from selected State health information exchanges. Included news from Delaware Health Information Network, Health Access San Antonio, Greater Houston Healthconnect, and Coordinated Care Oklahoma. And check out upcoming events.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the 2017 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) Implementation Guide (IG), Schematrons, and sample file.
The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality: