Will MU stage 3 rules be delayed? On Thursday, July 23, 2015 Senate HELP committee held a hearing on “Achieving the Promise of Health Information Technology: Information Blocking and Potential Solutions.” The committee continues with the fourth hearing on the subject to probe for answers on details and the scope of this problem.
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This week’s rundown includes: Quality Health Network & eHealth Technologies joining forces, highlights from the Digital Health Summer Summit, Orion Health named a leader in IDC HIE, & NextGen Healthcare successfully connects to Mass HIway.
Download this whitepaper to learn more about the audits associated with the CMS EHR Incentive Programs. Incorporate these best practices in your organization.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – May.
This week’s rundown includes Greenway Health launches Interoperability University, Gov. Abbott signs HB 2641 to improve data interoperability for TX public health, and Community Health Partnership (CHP) Provider Network connects to CORHIO.
Deadline July 1 for hardship exception to avoid payment adjustments for eligible professionals that did not successfully participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in 2014 and will begin on January 1, 2016.
In a recently released report, the Federal Health Architecture’s (FHA) Federal Health Information Model (FHIM) was reviewed by The Open Group Healthcare Forum, a forum of The Open Group – a global consortium of more than 450 organizations focused on achieving business objectives through IT standards.
CMS is updating select electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) that eligible professionals and eligible hospitals will electronically report in 2016. These versions of the measures were posted on CMS’ website on May 1, 2015 for the annual update of the 2014 measure set.
This week’s rundown includes DataMotion and Infor implementing direct messaging, eHealth Technologies and Orion Health announce partnership, and Spok, Inc. releases its latest secure texting app.