Tag: Meaningful
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The Four Buckets of Meaningful Use
Meaningful Use measures can be categorized into four distinct “buckets.” Adele Allison, National Director of Government Affairs at SuccessEHS, defines the fo…
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What is Meaningful Use? An overview by athenahealth
http://www.athenahealth.com/meaningful-use.php The HITECH Act is rapidly reshaping the funding and implementation for electronic health record adoption in th… Video Rating: 5 / 5 Here’s what eligible providers need to know about getting incentive dollars from CMS for the meaningful use of electronic health records in under 3 minutes. …
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The ARRA HITECH Act Final Ruling – EHR/EMR Meaningful Use
The ARRA HITECH Final Ruling (http://www.lbmc.com) was released July 13, 2010! ARE YOU READY? The Final Rule defining “meaningful use” for the ARRA HITECH EH… Video Rating: 4 / 5 Most people who talk about the benefits of electronic health records (EHR, sometimes called EMR) focus on time and cost savings. Ingenix CareTracker EHR clie…
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Anesthesiologists ask for MU hardship, criteria exemptions
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has asked the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to maintain the hardship exemption for anesthesiologists beyond Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use program, and to exempt anesthesiologists from some of the Stage 2 attestation criteria. read more
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Preparing for a Meaningful Use Audit
ONC/CMS provides strong oversight of the Meaningful Use program by continuousy reexamining the quality of certified products and auditing hospitals and practices that have attested to meaningful use. Last week, ONC “de-certified” a product for not supporting the functionality required by regulations . Meaningful Use audits are done by Figliozzi and Company on behalf of…
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Hospital officials react to pulled certification of EHR products
Hospital officials were divided in their reactions to news late Thursday that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT had revoked the certification of two electronic health record systems for failure to meet the standards of the Meaningful Use incentive program. read more
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HHS pulls EHRMagic certification
Hospital officials were divided in their reactions to news late Thursday that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT had revoked the certification of two electronic health record systems for failure to meet the standards of the Meaningful Use incentive program. read more
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Could better manners spur bipartisanship on Meaningful Use?
I found last week’s white paper released by six Republican Senators calling for a “reboot” of the Meaningful Use program fascinating. Not so much for what the senators said–although… read more
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Some Meaningful Use menu objectives more popular with docs
Some of the menu objectives available for Meaningful Use attestation are more popular with eligible professionals than others, according to an analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data by San Antonio, Texas-based electronic health record vendor Sevocity. read more
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Providers ‘struggling’ to document Meaningful Use attestation
Preliminary results from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Meaningful Use audits indicate that providers are having a lot of trouble substantiating what they’ve attested to, according to Robert Anthony, deputy director of the Health IT Initiatives Group at CMS’ Office of e-Health Standards and Services. read more