Federal Funding for Medicaid HIT Activities
State Medicaid Directors received guidelines from CMS to explain how to get federal funds for investments in health information technology. The States are eligible for…
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Recovery Room 7/22/10
While all are attention has been on the final rule release, the world has continued to go on. Here are a few things that you…
The wait is over, Meaningful Use final rules released
Final Rules and Meaningful Use Announced HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius brought out the top brass yesterday to announce the long awaited final rules for the…
Friday at Five – 6/25/10
Join us every Friday at Five for our weekly top 5 favorites in the world of HIT and HITECH. This week we pick what look to…
6 Myths Surrounding ARRA/HITECH EHR Incentives
The following is a guest post provided by Jim Tate, Founder of EMR Advocate and a contributing expert for HITECH Answers. In a time when hospitals and…
The Big Wait
Boston had the big dig, New Orleans has the big easy, New York is the big apple, surfers have the big kahuna, but we have…
HITECH Act and EHR Adoption
What will health care providers ask you? HITECH Answers has added another webinar to its growing library of premium content. Our latest webinar is geared…
Hospital based physicians get new definition for HITECH incentives
HR 4851, the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 was signed into law in April. It extends unemployment benefits, delays Medicare reimbursement cuts for physicians, and…
CMS NPRM – Incentive Programs for Eligible Professionals
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on December 30, 2009, outlining both the objectives and measures…