Early Reaction to the EHR Incentive NPRM
CMS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for EHR Incentive Programs By John Halamka, MD Last week, I posted the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from CMS that offers…
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Standardizing Secure Text Messaging
LTC Compliance Alert – Text Messages and PHI Do Not Mix! Is There a Solution? By Rod Baird Unsecure Text Messages between facility staff and…
Successful Results from CMS ICD-10 Acknowledgement Testing Week
Additional Testing Scheduled for Next Year By Niall Brennan, Acting Director, CMS Offices of Enterprise Management This past March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
CMS and ONC Release NPRM Allowing CEHRT Flexibility and Extending Stage 2
CMS and ONC Communication CMS and ONC released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would allow providers participating in the EHR Incentive Programs to…
CMS ICD-10 National Provider Call
ICD-10 Coding Basics Medicare Fee-For-Service The following is correspondence from CMS. On Wednesday, June 4, at 1:30-3pm ET, the Medicare Learning Network will be hosting…
Fraud & Abuse Silliness at CMS
Look for The Crooks, Don’t Punish the 99% By Rod Baird Last week’s New York Times has a front page article with the headline –…
Tips for a Smooth EHR Transition
Five Tips When Transitioning to EHRs By Alex Tate Twitter: @alextate07 The benefits of switching to Electronic Health Records System are clear: less paperwork, more accuracy, reducing…
Health Plan Identifier and Health Plans
Health Plan Identifier (HPID) Final Regulations Read eHealth’s blog post by Matthew Albright, Director, Administrative Simplification Group, HPID: What’s it all about? The following is communication from…
EP Batch Reporting Option for 2014
Learn More About Batch Reporting in 2014 The following is correspondence from CMS on the EHR Incentive programs. Are you part of a group practice…