EHR Technology’s Affect On Medicaid Costs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Information Products & Data Analytics has released a research report evaluating…
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Encourages Providers to Submit PQRS Measures to Boost Program Participation CMS will accept quality measure suggestions for potential inclusion in the proposed set of quality…
Tavenner First Permanent CMS Administrator Since 2006 After a brief bump in the road to confirmation Marilyn Tavenner was voted in as yesterday as the first…
Attend these upcoming CMS Provider Calls Stage 1 of the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs for Eligible Professionals: First in a Series Thursday, May 30,…
EHRs Can Lead to Better Coding, More Accurate Reimbursement Electronic Health Records (EHRs), when used correctly, produce more accurate documentation leading to more complete coding, and…
New Wrinkle in Tavenner Nominiation On April 24, one day after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the…
Coding in an EHR Environment On Friday, May 3, CMS and ONC will hold a meeting for providers, vendors, press, and others to discuss electronic…
ICD-10 will improve accuracy and data sharing as part of overall E-health initiative Stating that ICD-10 is an essential component to tracking more detailed healthcare…
Record Progress to Date on Adoption of Health IT Initiatives CMS and ONC yesterday posted a joint fact sheet breaking down progress made to date…