Registering for CMS EHR Incentive Program
CMS Encourages Remaining EPs to Participate in EHR Incentive Program If you have not begun transitioning your practice to electronic health records, you are not…
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How Stage 2 Meaningful Use Affects Record Release
Meaningful Use Changes Will Drive Patient Portals or PHR Applications Steve Emery Author of HealthPort Meaningful Use News & Updates The Stage 2 Meaningful Use Notice…
New Guidance for Stage 1 Meaningful Use Objectives
Guidance on Stage 1 Meaningful Use Objectives We get questions everyday from our readers about meaningful use and these three are asked regularly. CMS has…
Stage 2 Meaningful Use Proposed Objectives
Stage 2 Meaningful Use NPRM The foundation of attesting to meaningful use of a certified EHR technology is based on a set of objectives and…
Payment Adjustments for Non Meaningful Users
Stage 2 Meaningful Use Proposes New Adjustment Schedule The Final Rule for Stage 1 Meaningful Use specified a payment adjustment effective in CY 2015 and…
Health Information Exchange (HIE) is Real in Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Health Information Exchange in the NPRM ONC Mostashari keeps saying it and I keep quoting it. “We can’t wait 5 years to get standards based…
EHR Incentive Program Appeals Process
EHR Eligibility, Meaningful Use and Incentive Appeals The Final Rule we now live under for Stage 1 Meaningful Use provides the guidance and requirements for…
CMS Specialist talks about Proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use
NPRM for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Robert Anthony is a CMS specialist. He is responsible for communication and regulations in the Office of eHealth Standards…
Field of Quality Measures at Critical Juncture
The Melody Of Quality Measures: Harmonize And Standardize By Thomas Tsang, MD and Faraz Ahmad, MD With unsustainably high costs and tremendous gaps in quality…