CMS has transitioned Stage 1 to Modified Stage 2 for the 2015 reporting period and beyond. Practices that are reporting for Stage 1 in 2015 will now report on all the Stage 2 objectives with special exclusions for measures that were not in Stage 1,...

Did you receive a letter from CMS notifying you that your 2015 Medicare reimbursements were reduced? If you’re an eligible provider for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program but didn’t participate in 2013, your Medicare reimbursements will be reduced for the 2015 payment year. Similarly, penalties...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes changes to the current Meaningful Use Program. Overall, CMS has streamlined and simplified attestation requirements and reduced the overall number of objectives for advanced use of EHRs....

Patient engagement is a huge component of Meaningful Use in 2014. We’ve come up with a Meaningful Use-optimized patient portal (PHR) workflow to help you meet the patient engagement requirements.

One of the primary goals of Meaningful Use is to encourage providers to engage patients in their own health care as a means to improve health outcomes. This includes empowering patients to take an active role in their health by giving them access to their...