ONC annual report to Congress finds adoptions of health IT is benefiting everyone. Hospital adoption is at 96% and providers at 75%. We are making “great strides in a relatively short amount of time.”
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To participate successfully in the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must submit clinical quality measures (CQMs).
By Jim Johnson – With the first round of HIPPA Audits behind us, the Office of Civil Rights indicated back in March that it would finally launch the long-awaited round 2 of HIPAA audits in 2016.
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
By D’Arcy Gue – A record number of hospitals have look into or signed IT outsourcing contracts this year. A Black Book study says hospital CFOs and CIOs are collaborating with external service providers to resolve bottom line pressures.
To participate successfully in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs in 2016, providers must meet the thresholds of all required objectives and measures, or qualify for an exclusion and/or alternate exclusion.
By Buff Colchagoff – There was a time when most Americans built their own homes. Think of log cabins being crafted by hardy individuals — cutting the trees, hewing logs and fitting the doors. Now, that method is a romantic idea, but almost nobody does that any more.
On November 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the updated payment rates and policy changes in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System for calendar year 2017.
By William Hyman – Clinical Decision Support has been part of Meaningful Use under the EHR incentive program. The current CDS requirement for hospitals is to implement five clinical decision support interventions related to four or more clinical quality measures.