With the technical connection between New Mexico and Colorado HIEs in place, providers in both states can share clinical patient information across state lines. This is particularly important in the Four Corners region where it’s common for patients to live in one state and work in a neighboring state.
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Statewide Health Information Exchanges 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 are updates being reported from these organizations: Cal INDEX, VITL, GLHC, and the PA eHealth Partnership Authority.
This week’s HIE rundown includes: ONC launches the Interoperability Proving Ground (IPG), Caradigm announced the launch of Open Exchange, and DataMotion Health announces new platform capabilities for sharing info & communicating.
CMS has published frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the public health reporting objective for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. Read the questions and answers.
By Adam Culbertson – The promise of EHRs is that they will improve quality and lower cost. The basis of this claim is in part due to a presumption of EHR interoperability. Patient matching has been identified as a critical barrier to interoperability. Patient matching refers to the act of accurately linking individuals to their health data located in various disparate electronic health databases.
CMS is extending the application deadline for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program hardship exception process that reduces burden on clinicians, hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs). The new deadline for Eligible Professionals, Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals is July 1, 2016.
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 January. Active registrants total over a half a million.
Are you going to HIMSS16 this week? Attend CMS office hours at the CMS Booth #10309! You will have the opportunity to talk with CMS experts about the Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Quality Measure Development and Reporting, and more.
CMS has recently updated two FAQs that provide information on: hospital-based eligible professionals’ eligibility to receive incentive payments from the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and eligible hospitals’ requirements for meeting the specialized registry objective.