Category: CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finally issued its promised reprieve of some of the harsher provisions of the Meaningful Use program, releasing its proposed rule that shortens the attestation period in 2015 from 365 to 90 days and reduces reporting and other burdens. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/mu-proposed-rule-provides-relief-raises-new-concerns-questions/2015-04-13?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program– Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017 HHS publishes a revision to the Meaningful Use program that shortens the 2015 reporting period to just 90 days and reduces the requirement that five percent threshold for view/download/transmit to just a single patient. Report To Congress, April…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the proposed rule that would shorten the Meaningful Use attestation period to 90 days for 2015. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/cms-releases-proposed-rule-meaningful-use-reporting-period/2015-04-10?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new proposed rule to align meaningful use Stage 1 and Stage 2 objectives and measures with the long-term proposals for Stage 3. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new proposed rule to align meaningful use Stage 1 and Stage…

0 No one will deny that we have a ways to go when it comes to fully embracing pay-for-performance, value-based care. However, a few recent studies highlighted that in some areas of the country, significant progress is being made. If this were the journey to Oz, the pay-for-performance, value-based reimbursement method of healthcare would have…

Uninsured cancer patients are asked to pay anywhere from two to 43 times what Medicare would pay for chemotherapy drugs, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150408/Uninsured-cancer-patients-may-face-higher-charges-for-chemotherapy-drugs.aspx       

Doctors are not backing down in their distaste for the ICD-10. Many are looking for an additional delay, according to an exclusive survey designed by the editors of Healthcare Informatics and conducted by QuantiaMD, a Waltham, Mass.-based social network for physicians. One year ago, the healthcare industry was coming to grips with the fact that…

Last year, the Chicago-based NextLevel Health Partners was awarded a contract to provide care coordination services to seniors, people with disabilities, and those newly eligible under the expansion of Medicaid under the ACA. A vital piece to that project was a health IT platform that officials say is like the Facebook of healthcare. In March…

By Deborah Leyva Link: Health Affairs Just a few days ago, David Muhlestein authored an article summarizing the recent changes and potential future for Accountable Care. There are 744 ACOs in 2015, covering an estimated total of 23.5 million covered ACO beneficiaries. In addition, the number of public and private payers who have entered the ACO…

Beginning this month, ONC is partnering with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop specialized technical assistance as well as comprehensive online health IT tools and resources for State Innovation Model (SIM) states.  The online resources are also available to states not participating in…