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Practice Fusion · February 8, 2016
CDC: Certified electronic health record (EHR) adoption is up
Certified electronic health record (EHR) adoption by office-based physicians increased 6.6% from 2013 to 2014, according to statistics released by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention. Data from the 2014 National Electronic Health Records Survey... Continue
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Practice Fusion · January 28, 2016
Meaningful Use Final Rule: Alternate exclusion and hardship exception
CMS has clarified the exclusions and hardship exceptions for Meaningful Use Final Rule for 2015, 2016 and 2017. Continue
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Sophie Scheidlinger · January 22, 2016
CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt, MACRA, and Meaningful Use 3: The Practice Fusion perspective
If you haven’t heard by now, CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt’s presentation at the J.P. Morgan Annual Health Care Conference set the industry abuzz. Perhaps due to all the speculation this speech created, he then released a blog post with Acting Assistant Secretary for Health... Continue
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Practice Fusion · January 22, 2016
Medicare Incentive Program payment adjustments
Recent communications from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS) have begun to address the transition from the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program to the Merit Incentive Payment System (MIPS). As of right now, however, the existing regulations for Meaningful Use (including Meaningful Use... Continue
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Practice Fusion · January 14, 2016
Innovation within your practice: How to identify an in-office EHR champion for implementing an EHR
In a HIMSS survey, providers ranked ‘cultural and management challenges’ as one of the top three barriers to innovation. Transitioning to an EHR system kickstarts innovation from within your practice and will inspire a new, forward thinking culture. Selecting a strong leader or team to... Continue