ONC Challenge 2.0 Looks to Accelerate Meaningful Use Goals
Challenge 2.0 Builds on 2012 Year of Meaningful Use At the HIMSS13 annual conference this year the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator…
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CMS Posts 2014 Meaningful Use Eligible Hospital Clinical Quality Measure Update
Stage 2 CQMs for Eligible Hospitals The following is a communication from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology In the final…
How Do You Perform An Appropriate Security Risk Analysis?
By Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions The Meaningful Use Measures include a Security Risk Analysis. The Security Risk Analysis evaluates your practice’s compliance with the HIPAA…
EHR Improvement Act Bill Seeks to Add Participation Exemptions
The EHR Improvement Act Last Thursday, Republican Representative Diane Black of Tennessee introduced a new bill to lift some requirements eligible professionals face to participate…
EHR Incentive Pre-Payment Audits to Impact 5-10% of Participating EPs
Stage 1 EHR Incentive Pre-Payment Audits Begin Last July some eligible professionals (EPs) that attested to Stage 1 Meaningful Use and received their EHR incentive check began…
CMS Provides Interactive Stage 2 Resource on Meaningful Use, CQMs
Updated Toolkit on Stage 2 Meaningful Use, CQMs CMS recently posted a new resource to help eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals…
CDC Hosts Calls for EHR Vendors on Cancer Reporting in Stage 2
CDC and Public Health Objective of Cancer Reporting Stage 2 Eligible Professional Meaningful Use Menu Set Measures Measure #5 requires EPs to have the capability…
Upcoming CMS Important Dates and Deadlines
Information from CMS on Issues Impacting Providers The following is communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on current affairs that effect…
ONC Releases Data Briefs on EHR Systems Adoption for Acute Care Hospitals
New Briefs Look at EHR Systems Adoption, Meaningful Use Among Hospitals Last Thursday the ONC released two data briefs on adoption of EHR systems and…