Breaking News: Meaningful Use Stage 3 NPRM Released
Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs and 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria rules proposed The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare…
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EHR Attestation Deadline for Medicare EPs: March 20, 2015
Eligible professionals now have until 11:59 pm ET on March 20, 2015, to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program 2014 reporting year.
Eligible Hospitals See a Wave of Pre-Payment Meaningful Use Audits
By Jim Tate – What is would be like to open your inbox and find 33 separate CMS EHR Incentive audits? That is the exact experience one of our client hospitals experienced several week ago.
Long-Term Post-Acute Care Assisted Through New eHealth Incentive Program
The application period is now open for a new Request for Proposals from MeHI, the Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech, to increase the effective use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in the Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) sector.
Health and Health IT Lists to Learn From
Who doesn’t like a good list? Weather you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. Here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing.
EHR Incentive Program Status Report December 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – December.
EHR Incentive Program Deadlines
Keep up with the important dates and deadlines for the CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Use the CMS Interactive Timeline to stay informed on all their eHealth programs which also include quality measurement, administrative simplification, and patient outcomes/payment reform.
Advance Interoperable Health IT Services to Support HIE
On February 3, ONC released the Advance Interoperable Health Information Technology Services to Support Health Information Exchange Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), one of the three FOAs.
Public Health Objectives: Reporting Requirements in Stage 1 and Stage 2
Public health registry reporting is required for providers participating in the EHR Incentive Programs. Objectives include submitting data to an immunization registry, submitting data to a syndromic surveillance database, and submitting reportable lab results to a public health agency (for hospitals only).