CMS Gives Timing on Release of Stage 2 Meaningful Use Rule
Final Stage 2 Meaningful Use Expected Early September On Wednesday this week Bloomberg.com reported CMS expects the Stage 2 Final Rule to be released by…
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Meaningful Use Radio Show Returns
MU Live! Resumes This week MU Live! was back from a summer hiatus since the end of June. We did not have a guest on…
Feds Raising Awareness of Patient Rights on Accessing Health Data
Improving Patient Access and Engagement Ongoing Federal Effort by Helen Pfister and Susan Ingargiola, Manatt Health Solutions Increasing patient engagement is a critical element of…
ONC’s Meetings, Groups, and Initiatives
Checking up on the ONC Today is the August HIT Standards Committee Meeting from 9am to 3 pm ET. Hear from Co-chair John Halamka, ONC…
CMS EHR Incentive Program 2012 Reporting Pilot
News Update from CMS on CQM Reporting Pilot August 8, 2012 – CMS announced that details about the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program 2012…
Physicians Joining Meaningful Use Vanguard (MUV) Program
MUVers are ‘Muving’ Healthcare Forward Jennifer Rathman, Wide River TEC jrathman@widerivertec.org Blog: widerivertec.wordpress.com “Although the transition to electronic health records can be challenging, I don’t…
2012 EHR Incentive Program Deadline Approaches
October 3rd Last Day for EPs to Begin Reporting In an email from CMS on Monday, the agency is reminding us on EHR Incentive deadline…
Draft Recommendations for Stage 3 Meaningful Use
First Glimpse at Stage 3 Meaningful Use Measures Mary Mosquera Senior Editor, Government Health IT There’s a new checklist coming to town – and it won’t…
ACO Movement is Gaining Momentum
An ACO “heat map” Robert Rowley, MD, Healthcare and health IT consultant, practicing family physician Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are gaining momentum. These efforts, part…