Health IT News from HHS
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Future of Quality Measurement
Meaningful Use of Health IT Can Improve Quality Measurement By Dr.Patrick Conway, Chief Medical Officer, Director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality Quality…
CMS Offers EHs Meaningful Use Attestation Assistance
The Golden Parachute: Hospitals and Retroactive Meaningful Use Attestation By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com My grandfather, raised…
EHR Incentive Program Attestation Deadline Extended
New Deadline for Eligible Professionals: March 31, 2014 The following is email correspondence from CMS. CMS is extending the deadline for eligible professionals to attest…
CMS Provides Additional Insight into EHR Incentive Audits and Appeals
Says EHR Incentive Audits Will Increase in 2014s By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com On January 28th, CMS sponsored…
Clinical Informatics Fellowship: OHSU Plans
The Complicated World of Informatics William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The complicated world of informatics training will become even more complicated…
Meaningful Delay?
Not a Time to Put Things on Hold By Van Zimmerman @DataMotion On December 6, the Centers for Medicate & Medicaid Services (CMS), through a blog…
Attestation Deadline for EHR Incentive Programs
Medicare EPs Must Attest by February 28th The following is correspondence from CMS on the EHR Incenitvie Programs. If you are an eligible professional (EP),…
National Health Spending Growth Remains Low for 4th Consecutive Year
CMS Office of the Actuary Report The following is communication from CMS. Overall national health expenditures grew at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in 2012,…