New AMA Report on ICD-10 Implementation Shows Estimated Costs to Providers
AMA Issues Letter and Report in an Effort to Halt ICD-10 Compliance Deadline Last week the American Medical Association (AMA) sent a letter to the U.S….
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Electronic Health Records Linked to Improved Care for Patients With Diabetes
Study part of Kaiser Permanente’s ongoing work to better understand how EHRs affect clinical care The use of electronic health records in clinical settings was…
AMA Offers Physicians Help Complying with Revised HIPAA Regulations
Provides Documents for Updating Existing HIPAA Policies The American Medical Association (AMA) announced it is offering a new toolkit to help physicians navigate the sweeping…
AHA, AMA: Meaningful Use Requirements Should Be Eased
Last week, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association sent a joint letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking for greater flexibility in…
AMA Seeks Two Year Grace Period for ICD-10 Coding Errors
AMA House Delegates Also Support Skipping ICD-10 All Together The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates held its annual meeting last week in Chicago….
Healtheway Announces Founding Members for Public/Private Health IT Exchange
Looks to Promote Adoption of Nationwide Health Information Exchange Healtheway, the non-profit, public-private partnership that operationally supports the eHealth Exchange (formerly known as the Nationwide…
AMA Supports House Bill to Eliminate Certain Medicare EHR Incentive Reimbursement Penalties
Supports Key Hardship Exemptions to Medicare EHR Incentives In March of this year, Republican Representative Diane Black of Tennessee introduced a new bill seeking to…
AMA Board Issues Report Saying Moving Directly to ICD-11 Not an Option
Moving Directly to ICD-11 Fraught with Pitfalls The American Medical Association has a released a report from its Board of Trustees voicing opinion that skipping…
Leading Organizations Comment On Stage 3 Meaningful Use
Comments On Stage 3 Meaningful Use Yesterday the American Medical Association (AMA), the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the…