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Contributing Writer · August 21, 2013
HIPAA compliance and your EHR for small Practice Providers
The compliance date of the HIPAA Final Rule – September 23, 2013 – is approaching. As a small practice or individual health care provider, there are multiple areas of the HIPAA Final Rule that can impact your business and the way you interact with patients.... Continue
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Practice Fusion · July 24, 2013
Meaningful Use penalties timeline
Under the new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), separate payment adjustments under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Value-Based Payment Modifier (VM), and the Medicare EHR Incentive Program will sunset December 31, 2018. MIPS payment adjustments will begin January 1, Please visit our MACRA /... Continue
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Contributing Writer · July 22, 2013
Registration Now Open for PQRS Administrative Claims-Based Reporting
The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reporting program that uses a combination of incentive payments and payment adjustments to promote reporting of quality information by eligible professionals (EPs). Any provider who sees Medicare Part B patients... Continue
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Practice Fusion · July 3, 2013
Patient communication tools that Improve care
We’re making it easier to record new contact information so we can begin to build you better patient communication tools—a common request from our community. Text message appointment reminders, medication alerts and customizable preventive care messages are just a few of the big ideas we... Continue
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Practice Fusion · June 7, 2013
A new EHR dataset becomes available for an ambitious data challenge
Today, Practice Fusion is releasing a new HIPAA-compliant research dataset of 10,000 de-identified medical records at the Health Data Initiative conference in Washington DC. The dataset includes information on lab results, diagnoses, medications, allergies, immunizations, smoking status, visits to the doctor, and vital signs. Continue