Tag: Office
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Welcome to the CMS eHealth Blog
By Robert Tagalicod, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services Welcome to the CMS eHealth blog. Here you can find information about the eHealth initiative that CMS is launching at the annual HIMSS conference in New Orleans. Upcoming blogs will highlight HIMSS sessions about eHealth and its programs, and we look forward to continuing the…
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Meaningful Use Stage 2 Interoperability Criteria Training Course
Online Interoperability Criteria Training Course is Now Live The State HIE Program Policy Office and the Regional Extension Center Program recently issued Interoperability Basics , a 75-minute online training course offering in-depth information to: define the Meaningful Use Stage 2 data exchange requirements, explain the necessary interoperability building blocks, outline the path to meeting the…
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Launch of Connect 4.0 – An HIE Advancement Driven by Federal Collaboration
I am excited to announce that today, February 11, 2012, we are releasing CONNECT version 4.0, which supports the current federal IT standards and Meaningful Use Stage 2 core objectives related to the secure electronic exchange of information. This is done through CONNECT’s support of Direct project specifications and NwHIN transports (i.e., electronically sending and…
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Medicare Announces Substantial Savings For Medical Equipment Included In The Next Round Of Competitive Bidding Program
By Jonathan Blum, Acting Principal Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new, lower Medicare prices that will go into effect this July in a major expansion of the DME Competitive Bidding Program from nine areas to 91 areas. The CMS Office of…