Meaningful Use Survivor: 4 Steps to a Successful Audit
Meaningful Use Audit Webinar Designed for the Behavioral Health Eligible Professional by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate For many providers this has been the Summer of…
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The Summer of EHR Incentive Audits
EHR Incentive Audits Heating Up by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate Ah, summer. I love the sound of that word, “summer”. It rolls off the tongue…
Being HIPAA Compliant is not a Snapshot in Time
Meaningful Use Requires You to Protect Patient Data COMMENTARY Mike Semel Semel Consulting Protecting patient information is like protecting patient safety; it is something you…
CMS Adds Resources to Help Providers Prepare for an EHR Incentive Audit
What Providers Need to Know about EHR Incentive Audits The following is a communication sent out today from the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services…
EHR Incentive Pre-Payment Audits to Impact 5-10% of Participating EPs
Stage 1 EHR Incentive Pre-Payment Audits Begin Last July some eligible professionals (EPs)  that attested to Stage 1 Meaningful Use and received their EHR incentive check began…
Meaningful Use Audits – 4 Questions to Consider
Eligible Providers: Meaningful Use Audits Part II Last week I wrote a blog post entitled The Arrival of Meaningful Use Audits. Part of the confusion…
The Arrival of Meaningful Use Audits
Eligible Providers: Meaningful Use Audits It comes in the mail: Â “This letter is to inform you that your organization has been selected by the CMS…
OIG Begins Assessment of Meaningful Use Fraud
Issues Survey to Hospitals Who Have Received EHR Incentive Payments Established in 1976, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG)…
Reducing Risks of an EHR Incentive Payment Audit
Meaningful Use Incentive Audits The chickens are coming home to roost. I wrote blog posts in June and December 2011 focused on potential audits for…