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SRSsoft boss says specialists aren't sold on meaningful use
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act makes it clear that providers will have to demonstrate "meaningful use" of certified EMRs to earn Medicare bonuses of up to $44,000 or extra Medicaid... Read more...
Survey: Hospitals will struggle to meet 'meaningful use'
All the pundits, vendors and interest groups have weighed in on the Dec. 30 proposal for "meaningful use" of EMRs, but what do the people who actually have to demonstrate meaningful use to earn... Read more...
Brailer 'pretty impressed' with proposal on meaningful use
Former national health IT coordinator Dr. David Brailer is "pretty impressed" with the proposed criteria for meaningful use of EMRs that HHS officials published Dec. 30. According to Brailer, who now... Read more...
Tenet accelerates Cerner implementation
Thanks to a new agreement with EHR vendor Cerner, Tenet Healthcare will accelerate the rollout of health IT at 47 of its 49 hospitals in hopes of capturing federal stimulus funding as soon as... Read more...
Athenahealth's Bush sounds off on ARRA
"Mr. Bush is an outlier in the generally buttoned-down world of the health industry," Wall Street Journal columnist Joseph Rago writes about Athenahealth Chairman and CEO Jonathan Bush. (Having... Read more...
HHS: Rules for meaningful use, certification, HIPAA are on schedule
Don't expect a delay in the start of the federal EMR incentive program. In its semi-annual regulatory update, HHS lists the effective date as Oct. 1, 2010, for hospitals--the first day of federal... Read more...
Questioning federal EMR support programs
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology continues to announce various grant opportunities to support the forthcoming Medicare/Medicaid EMR incentive program, using... Read more...
ONC reorganizes, announces $235M for EMR 'beacon' communities
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is reorganizing in preparation for the federal EMR stimulus program and to be more of a watchdog on privacy issues. Notably,... Read more...
CMS develops guidance for state Medicaid EHR incentives
CMS is preparing to send guidance to state Medicaid agencies to help them develop health IT plans that meet requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The stimulus law allows... Read more...
CMS asked to align PQRI, stimulus reporting requirements
CMS officials are considering changes to the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and/or the forthcoming criteria for "meaningful use" of EHRs to align reporting requirements for both... Read more...
