HIMSS13: Sequester Will Affect Medicare EHR Pay, ONC Budget
by Kate Ackerman, iHealthBeat Managing Editor NEW ORLEANS — There were nearly 60 education sessions at the Healthcare Information and Management Society’s Annual Conference on…
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Meaningful Use Attestation Does Not Satisfy PQRS Requirements
Lack of alignment in Meaningful Use and PQRS Confusing There is some confusion in medical practices about whether Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) requirements are…
ONC Launches Stage 2 Meaningful Use Interoperability Online Course
Stage 2 Meaningful and Interoperability Course The State HIE Program Policy Office and the Regional Extension Center Program have released Interoperability Basics, a 75 minute online…
CMS Launches EHR Incentive Participation Timeline Tool
New EHR Incentive Resource and other CMS Updates The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the Federal agency under the Department of Health…
Data Mining Systems Improve Cost and Quality of Healthcare – Or Do They?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Several email lists I am on were abuzz last week about the publication of a paper…
ONC Releases Self-Paced Videos on Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Meaningful Use Education Module on Transitions of Care To say we’ve been impressed with what the ONC has been doing lately on the digital/interactive education…
AHIMA Testifies Before ONC On Improving Accuracy of EHR Systems
Makes Recommendations for Improving Clinical Documenation in EHR Systems American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) represents a membership of over 67,000 health information management…
CalHIPSO Launches Plans for Transition After Stage 1 Meaningful Use
Health eServices Will Assiste Providers in Stage 2 Meaningful Use and Beyond The California Health Information Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO) has launched Health eServices…
ONC Standards Committee Urges Stage 3 Menu Options in Lieu of Core
Make interoperability the priority In recommendations on stage 3 meaningful use, the Office of the National Coordinator’s Health IT Standards Committee is urging ONC leaders…