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 defines eligibility criteria as well as the Meaningful Use Final Rules. Tomorrow, part 2. CLICK HERE to […]
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From the folks at Aetna Health, here is a graphic demonstrating the timeline for health reform 2010-2020. Click on the chart or the link below to download it.
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From our partners at Software Advice comes this handy checklist for ARRA Meaningful Use Criteria that you can use for evaluating electronic medical records systems. Rate each system from 1 to 5 and add additional rows for your own specific criteria. CLICK HERE to download the ARRA Meaningful Use Criteria Spreadsheet
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Physicians Practice has released its annual Technology Survey, and it looks specifically at the effect that federal financial incentives are having on the implementation of EHR in medical practices. Some interesting tidbits: More than half of practices surveyed stated that the stimulus funds make them more likely to buy and EMR system (big surprise) Of […]
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Previously I discussed some of the terminology involved in the meaningful use rules for EMR financial incentives from the ARRA [Stimulus Bill], including the Core Set and Menu Set Objectives and Measures, and the timing of the incentive payments. For the purposes of this discussion, I am assuming that your practice is considering an official […]
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For those of you tasked with the actual implementation of electronic medical records in your practice or business – CIO, Director of IT, Administrator – here is a nice guide to EHR implementation courtesy of CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives). CLICK HERE to download the PDF Although it does present the topic from […]
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In part 1, we discussed just what is meant by a meaningful user and in part 2 we touched briefly on some of the changes made in the meaningful use rules from the proposed rules to the final rules. Whereas initially there was an 80% threshold that had to be met for pretty much every […]
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In part 1, we introduced the different stages of meaningful use criteria as defined by CMS in their final rules, released July 13, 2010. Many practices and hospitals breathed a collective sigh of relief on the one hand, as several criteria had thresholds that were less onerous than were originally proposed. It seems that CMS […]
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On Tuesday July 13, CMS released the final rule for adopting a certified electronic health record (EHR) system. After listing about 60 acronyms and abbreviations (and it’s impossible to remember them when reading the subsequent text), what follows is approximately 800 pages of proposals, related comments, and final rulings. All this is to spell out […]