Supported by a bipartisan majority and stakeholders, the MACRA legislation ended more than a decade of last-minute fixes and potential payment cliffs for Medicare doctors and clinicians. It also made numerous improvements to America’s health care system. So what does this all mean?
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This week’s HIE rundown includes: Healthix partners with HBI Solutions, adding real-time predictive analytics to HIE offerings, Zillion releases digital health platform for enhanced consumer engagement and intervention, & NHHIO upgrades communication system, selects TigerText secure messaging platform.
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 March. Active registrants total over a half a million.
Visit the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs events page for access to this year’s CMS presentations at the HIMSS conference last month in Las Vegas.
By Art Gross – The topic of ransomware, especially ransomware hitting healthcare organizations, is making headlines daily. Dan Munro has a very good article over at Forbes that asks an important question: Is Ransomware Considered A Health Data Breach Under HIPAA?
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. Here is what is being reported from some of these organizations.
To help eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals successfully participate in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs in 2016, CMS has posted new resources on the CMS EHR Incentive Programs website.
National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16, has been established to inspire, educate, and empower healthcare providers and the public about the importance of advance care planning.
This week’s HIE rundown includes: EHNAC collaborates with the Cooperative Exchange to enhance the Accreditation process, Black Book ranks Cerner No. 1 open system HIE provider, & PerfectServe expands its user base to approximately 58,000 physicians.