What the ONC Didn’t Discuss: Meaningful Use and HIPAA Security Requirements
The announcement of Meaningful Use Stage 2 came and went. Journalists were all over it, asking questions about what some of the rules may mean for physicians and hospitals trying to nab interviews. One of the questions many of us have been asking is whether Meaningful Use will add to HIPAA requirements when many of […]
What the ONC Didn’t Discuss: Meaningful Use and the ICD-10 Overlap
The healthcare world has been abuzz about the Meaningful Use Stage 2’s final rule announcement. It’s not that it was surprising – the ONC began foreshadowing the final rule about a year ago. The final rule represents what many analysts consider to be important steps forward towards the overarching goal of health reform.
Getting Paid for Meaningful Use
The goal of the EHR Incentive Program is to accelerate the process of EHR adoption, ease the fiscal burden of implementing the new technology for clinicians, and ultimately, improve overall health care for patients. The program is working to drive EHR adoption according to data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which reported that […]
HHS Extends Stage 2 Meaningful Use Deadline
In an effort to improve healthcare and create jobs across the country, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced changes to the meaningful use timeline during a recent event in Cleveland. Among the policy, revisions is the extension of Stage 2 meaningful use requirements for healthcare providers that met Stage 1 requirements this year.
Does Your Practice Have a Plan For Meaningful Use?
If you haven’t started the switch to electronic health records (EHR), you need to make a long-term plan to make Meaningful Use attestation as painless as possible. The government is leading the charge with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) publishing its “Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2011-2015,” which outlines five […]
How to Avoid e-Prescribing Incentive Program Penalties
If you have procrastinated on implementing e-prescriptions, you could pay for it. What started as incentives from the Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program have quickly turned to penalties from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for those not making the switch. The good news? There’s still time to qualify for this year’s […]
Meaningful Use: Should You Wait?
The healthcare industry is buzzing about meaningful use and the impending change to electronic health records (EHR). As practices and hospitals scramble to implement their EHR systems to qualify for the meaningful use incentive money, some very real concerns have arisen for early adopters. While the $44,000 Medicare and $63,750 Medicaid meaningful use incentives are […]
