Who: MedCityNews.com What: Different studies have shown the use of EMR systems to have been extremely beneficial to providers and patients while others have shown the use of EMRs to increase the incurred costs drastically. For a doctor looking to implement EMR at the office, reports suggesting varied conclusions can be very confusing. Recently, the […]
Who: GovHealthIT.com What: On April 2, 2013, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made available their updated data table for EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) attestations, with specification as to which EHR products were used. The initial file, published on data.gov in 2012, showed the first year of experience of Meaningful Use, […]
Who: BostonHerald.com What: President Barack Obama’s budget next week will steer clear of major cuts to Medicaid, including tens of billions in reductions to the health care plan for the poor that the administration had proposed only last year. The president’s budget is to be released next Wednesday. Perhaps half the nearly 30 million people […]
Although most people like to think that the Supreme Court is above playing politics, some healthcare experts see signs that it might be leaning towards trying to gut the national healthcare reform law. An article on UPI.com says that the high court, dominated by a 5-4 conservative majority, has shown evidence of prejudicial behavior. While […]
In part 1, we discussed some of the nuances of registering for Meaningful Use (MU) reporting and why most practices would be better off waiting until 2012 – such as still being able to qualify for E-Prescribing incentives. In part 2, we give you an action plan for getting your practice ready for MU. How […]
Like many things in life, you can either choose to do something or wait until something happens to you. Many physicians are taking the latter approach when it comes to electronic medical records implementation and the Meaningful Use (MU) incentives from CMS. Their feeling is that it would be safer to wait until EMR systems […]
According to a white paper from HIMSS Analytics, fewer than a third of US hospitals report having active interfaces between medical devices and their EMR systems, according to FierceEMR blog. And the situation with individual medical practices can’t be much better. Although this might not sound like a big deal to most, the inability to […]
In this two-part webinar video, Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Inc., discusses the details of the Federal Electronic Health Records incentives as described the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act. In part 1, he defined eligibility criteria and the Meaningful Use Final Rules. In part 2, he goes on to describe […]
In our videos section we have a webinar full of great information on the HITECH Act Federal Electronic Health Records incentives. Our guest is Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Consulting Inc. Today we present part 1, where he discusses some of the definitions of eligibility criteria and the Meaningful Use Final Rules. Tomorrow, in part […]
