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Category Archives: Meaningful EMR Use
Software Advice Updates Mental Health EHR Market Share Report
by: Brittany Richards Thanks to Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive programs, healthcare providers now have to report Meaningful Use data to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to qualify for incentive payments. The public now has access to information on EHR usage that was previously not available. Software Advice recently compiled a report of attestations based on this data (for the field of psychiatry) in order to get a handle on the mental health EHR market share. Out… read more >
Spreading the Meaningful Use Love to Specialists
If you’re a specialist considering Meaningful Use, you may be feeling a bit left out of all the Meaningful Use fun. Or if you’ve decided to take the plunge, participating in Meaningful Use may feel like more of an uphill battle than you expected. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has taken note of the difficulties that specialty providers face in meeting the requirements for the EHR Incentive Program and put together a Meaningful Use Tip Sheet for Specialty Providers. Here… read more >
Posted in Meaningful EMR Use
Tagged CMS, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Incentives, Medicaid, Medicare
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Meaningful Use Webinar on How to Easily Qualify for Incentives
The Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) will host a one-hour webinar, “Meaningful Use and the $39,000 Incentive Made Easy to Qualify and Keep”, at 1:00 PM Central Time, on December 6th. This Webinar, presented by Matthew Douglass, Practice Fusion’s co-founder and vice president of Engineering, and Dr. Jamison Feramisco, physician and entrepreneur EHR user, breaks down resistance to adopting the EHR. They’ll discuss facts about workable alternatives to costly in-office installations, and overcoming issues for maintenance, training, downtime, and… read more >
Posted in EHR Adoption, Meaningful EMR Use, Uncategorized
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Gearing up for National Health IT Week
Whether you’re still reading the Meaningful Use Stage 2 and 2014 Certification Edition final rules or watching politically charged convention speeches, it’s clear that health care is a top priority in our country. Given the role of technology in driving forward much-needed change in health care delivery, it is quite fitting that next week is the 7th Annual National Health IT Week (#NHITWeek). Here are some tips to help you prepare for NHIT Week and sound like a HIT pro:… read more >
Nuts and Bolts: Meaningful Use Stages 1-3
Stage 1: Audits Acting on behalf of The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Figliozzi and Company recently began its first round of audits for doctors who attested to Meaningful Use in 2011. Doctors will receive letters from the firm requesting documentation to verify their attestation to meaningful use. You should read these tips for navigating the audit process provided on The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) blog. Stage 2: Final Rules As of last week, CMS… read more >
Posted in EMR Incentives, Health Policy, Meaningful EMR Use, Patient Safety
Tagged CMS, Meaningful Use, ONC
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