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.
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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 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).
This week’s Rundown includes: HealthLogix platform achieved the highest standards of community-wide interoperability at the 2015 IHE. CORHIO grew in participants and data by 111% and 118% respectively in 2014.
The Colorado Regional Health Information Organization is a non profit, public-private partnership that is improving health care quality for all Coloradans through cost effective and…
To keep you updated with information on the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, CMS has recently added one new FAQ about the Stage 2 Summary of Care objective. We encourage you to stay informed by taking a few minutes to review the new information below.
By Robert Rowley, MD. Health information exchange (the verb) has been the goal of health IT, now that we have moved into the “post-EHR adoption” era of healthcare. Published and private surveys have shown that about 80% of physician practices have implemented an Electronic Health Record (EHR)…
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thought on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of January.
By Patrick Conway MD – CMS is pleased to announce our intent to engage in rulemaking to update the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs beginning in 2015. These intended changes would help to reduce the reporting burden on providers, while supporting the long term goals of the program.