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ONC Mostashari Says Slow but Steady Progress on Interoperability
By Anthony Brino, Government Health IT Achieving Farzad Mostashari’s vision for a U.S. healthcare system where “every encounter and every patient has access to all the world’s knowledge” will require a balancing of standards and innovation and a combination of IT and process change. “We are so far from that today,” the national coordinator for health IT [...]
AMA Supports House Bill to Eliminate Certain Medicare EHR Incentive Reimbursement Penalties
Supports Key Hardship Exemptions to Medicare EHR Incentives In March of this year, Republican Representative Diane Black of Tennessee introduced a new bill seeking to lift some requirements for eligible professionals (EPs) participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. The Electronic Health Records Improvement Act House Bill HR 1331 seeks to amend reimbursement penalties for some EPs [...]
HIPAA Compliant Data – Who Can Get to What, and Why
Mike Semel Semel Consulting Before you give your employees HIPAA compliant access to patient data you must do some planning. While it would be easy to give everyone access to everything, HIPAA’s requirement for Minimum Necessary access means that you have to put limits on what data employees need to perform their job. The best way to do this is to [...]
Healthcare Collaborative Partners Pool Resources to Develop Big Data Platform
Provider-Led Data Alliance to Develop and Share Population Health Solutions Determined to ensure healthcare providers get the data analytics and business intelligence they need to improve population health, a group of the nation’s leading IT and clinical experts have launched the Data Alliance Collaborative (DAC). Through this first-of-its-kind initiative, DAC members are co-developing and sharing [...]
CMS ICD-10 Billing FAQs
New ICD-10 Billing FAQs On October 1, 2014, the ICD-9 code sets used to report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures will be replaced by ICD-10 code sets. The transition to ICD-10 is required for everyone covered by the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA). The change to ICD-10 does not affect CPT coding for outpatient [...]
National Provider Call on EHR Incentive Program
Schedule of Upcoming CMS Provider Calls CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) provide an overview of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, including the use of certified EHR technology to meet meaningful use. Learn about the different types of certification and what certification actually tests. Medicare and [...]
Health IT Business News – Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Today’s Business News NextGen Healthcare announced today its commitment to adopting the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Association’s EHR Developer Code of Conduct. The Code was developed by the EHR Association through engagement with stakeholders spanning government constituents, healthcare provider associations and consumers. “The principles contained in the Code of Conduct are principles NextGen Healthcare has long adhered to. The [...]
New Study Looks At Online Usage for Healthcare Activities
DOC Report Finds Researching Health Plans, Practitioners and Medical Conditions Online Common The Department of Commerce has released a new report looking at how we use the Internet. The report, Exploring the Digital Nation: America’s Emerging Online Experience, is a follow-up to the DOC’s 2011 report on home Internet usage. For the report researchers at the [...]
Ambulatory EHR Vendor Vitera Acquires SuccessEHS
Pending Customary Regulatory Approval SuccessEHS to Become a Division of Vitera Vitera Healthcare Solutions, provider of ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software and services, has announced the acquisition of SuccessEHS. The acquisition results in an expanded suite of services that helps office-based physicians and Community Health Centers (CHC) improve operational efficiencies, generate [...]
News & Updates from the Regional Extension Centers
Regional Extension Centers (RECs) Move Forward The HITECH Act authorized the Health Information Technology Extension Program and the ONC awarded 62 grants for Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers (RECs) and a national Health IT Research Center (HITRC). The Centers offer local technical assistance, guidance, and information to support and accelerate health care providers’ efforts [...]
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