CMS has released the long awaited Final Rule for Stage 3 meaningful use that incorporate modification for the 2015 reporting period. Here is a look at how the industry responded including statements from CHIME, HIMSS, AHA, and the AMA.
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PwC’s Health Research Institute new report, Healthcare’s Alternative Payment Landscape, addresses how the industry is fairing in transforming from fee-for-service to value-based medicine. The research shows the move so far has proven to be challenging.
This weeks highlights from our Storify. Big week includes National Health IT Week, release of the stage 3 final rules, Pubcon, and how ICD-10 is going.
According to new analysis released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation primary care physicians in 2014 saw a 3% increase in reimbursement due to the expansion of health benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements, add new flexibilities for providers, and advances EHR interoperability.
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers participating in the EHR Incentive Program.
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of a public issue brief on “The Fundamentals of Accountable Care Organizations.”
It’s been a long road to get to this point, but today the nation’s healthcare system takes a major step forward in being able to capture more detailed data about patients and their conditions. ICD-10 has nearly five times more codes than were used in ICD-9. Building more robust medical records should ultimately result in more efficient and better quality care.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – August.