Category: Regulations

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

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

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

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

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

  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

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

What the ONC Didn’t Discuss: Meaningful Use and HIPAA Security Requirements