Tag: Interoperability
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Moody’s: Sequestration adds on new financial pressures for non-profit hospitals
Also in the news, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun auditing some of the physicians who qualify for a Medicare EHR “meaningful use” bonus before they even receive a check — a step that has triggered grumbling from organized medicine.
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Morning Headlines 4/10/13
Administration pushes toward electronic medical records CMS and OIG both propose rules extending the safe harbor exceptions of both the Stark Law and the Federal Anti-Kickback Law that are set to expire on December 31, 2013. The laws would otherwise prevent hospitals and health systems from subsidizing EHRs for practices that refer patients to the…
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A Massachusetts HIE Update
In the next few weeks, BIDMC will begin sending 50,000 patient encounter records per week through the state HIE (the MassHIWay) to our quality measurement service operated by the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative. Also in a few weeks, all the daily reportable lab, syndromic surveillance, and immunization data required by Meaningful Use Stage 2 will be…
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HIPAA business associate compliance by EHR vendors not optional
Many EHR vendors, as well as related software vendors, won't accept the fact that they meet the definition of “business associate” under the new HIPAA omnibus rule, according to nurse attorney Randi Kopf in Rockville, Md., who specializes in health IT law on behalf of providers, mainly physicians. read more
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Practice Fusion Launches Doctor Appointment/Review Portal for Patients
Practice Fusion, the San Francisco-based provider of free EHR software, is launching a site that will allow patients to book an appointment, read a review of a doctor, and view their personal health record.
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News 4/10/13
Top News The HHS inspector general and CMS propose rules that would update and extend existing safe harbor exceptions and allow hospitals to continue subsidizing EMRs for affiliated physicians.
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Effortless EHR Interaction
I recently came across the really interesting device called MYO . I really can’t do the device justice, so I’ll just share this video which will do a much better job showing the gesture controls that are possible with the MYO. I love how it senses even changes in the muscle. I love when description…
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HIE Bright Spots: MRSA Prevention Through Care Coordination – Part 4
Over the last several weeks we have been following Larry ( Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 ), a patient with diabetes and a history of non-compliance. Because Larry’s primary care providers either do not have EHRs or other care coordination tools or are unable to exchange information between one another, they do…
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Proposed rules would extend EHR safe harbor
The CMS and HHS’ inspector general’s office have issued a pair of complementary proposed rules to extend 2006 waivers that relaxed federal Stark and anti-kickback laws to promote the use of electronic health-record systems.
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Washington Debrief: Bill Would Shield EHR Penalties for Certain Docs
Word of a bill spread throughout the health IT community recently that would shield some eligible professionals from “payment adjustments” for failing to meet meaningful use in 2015 and beyond. Sometimes the grapevine is a good place to hang out