Weekly News Digest Focuses on Meaningful Use and EHR Incentives
In the last several months HITECH Answers has been doing a great deal of in-depth analysis and commentary on meaningful use and the EHR incentive…
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Medicaid EHR Incentives Audit
Is that an audit in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me? We knew they would be coming. We just weren’t sure…
5 Steps to EHR Incentive Payments
Jim Tate’s article in Medical Economics For 85 years, Medical Economics has been a leading business resource for office-based physicians as they try to successfully…
An Open Letter to ONC on Certification Program
Open Letter to ONC Regarding Temporary Certification Program One of the foundational elements of the CMS EHR Incentive Program is the use of certified EHR…
Meaningful Use and Patient Electronic Access for EPs
Meaningful Use and the Patient Portal Some, but not all EHRs include the integrated presence of a patient portal to enable patients electronic access to…
Medicaid Eligibility and Patient Volumes
Medicaid Eligibility for EHR Incentive Program If eligible professionals qualify for both the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive programs, they must choose which one to…
CMS National Provider Call on EP Basics
CMS is conducting a call on the EHR Incentive Program basics for Eligible Professionals (EPs). You must register for the calls to get the access…
EHR Incentive Audits
 First the EHR incentives……then the Audits? Perhaps it was a bit anti-climatic when the flood gates opened. After over two years of angst and confusion…
Receiving Medicare EHR Incentive Payments
First EHR Incentive Payments Issued The first Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive payments have been issued. Participants will receive their Medicare EHR Incentive Program…