CMS delays 5010 enforcement but not HIPAA compliance date
HIPAA Compliance Still Required of CE’s Thursday, November 17, 2011, CMS released a statement on looming compliance for ASCX12 Ver 5010. The Office of e-health…
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Meaningful Use and Documentation of Vital Signs
Meaningful Use and Vital Signs Sometimes things are not what they seem. What can appear simple can become complex upon closer examination. Lately I’ve been…
2011 Meaningful Use Deadline for EHs and CAHs
Deadline Approaches to Register and Attest to Meaningful Use The word ‘deadline’ is aptly constructed. It usually means the death of an opportunity. This is…
When will providers start actually buying EHRs?
Clock is ticking on EHR Incentives There is one intriguing question about EHR adoption that everyone from vendors to officials at CMS has been asking….
CMS Quality Measures and EHR Incentives
EHR Incentives Program Call for Providers Register NOW for CMS Clinical Quality Measures and EHR Incentive Program for small practice providers that will be held…
EPs Switching EHR Incentive Programs
Changing Between EHR Incentive Programs Switching programs does not mean double dipping. Recently we received a question that I thought interesting enough to post about….
Access your Health Information through Blue Button
Health Information and the Blue Button Well we’ve got Big Blue and the dreaded Blue Screen of Death so I guess it was just a matter of…
EHR Technology for Meaningful Use Incentives
Whole or Part EHR to Meet Meaningful Use? When is Certification not Certification? The issue of what makes up complete certified EHR technology continues to…
EHRs, Strategic Plans, and Homeland Security
Recovery Room 9/7/11 It has been a while since we have done a Recovery Room post. In these posts we like to highlight events that…