Category: HITECH Updates
Truven Health Analytics Identifies Most Costly Sources of Healthcare Fraud
Identifies Six Common Scenarios Account for Millions of Dollars in Overpayments Healthcare fraud is not limited to the Medicare and Medicaid population. According to a new analysis of commercial insurance claims data conducted by Truven Health Analytics, six common claims scenarios accounted for nearly a million dollars in overpayments annually for each of the organizations in [...]
2014 eRx Payment Adjustment Deadline Approaches
June 30th Deadline Date on 2014 eRx The Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program is a CMS reporting program that uses a combination of incentive payments and payment adjustments to encourage electronic prescribing by eligible professionals. The program is open to both eligible professionals (EPs) and group practices under the Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO). June 30, 2013 [...]
ONC Says ‘Refresh’ Their Health IT Dashboard
Dashboard.HealthIT.Gov Adds 100,000+ New Data Points The ONC’s Health IT Dashboard presents key information and data to enable collaborative monitoring of the impact of federal policies, programs, and research activities related to health IT. Datasets and statistics are updated regularly and includes summary information about all of ONC’s HITECH grant programs. The Health IT Dashboard also includes provider [...]
CMS Reiterates: October 2014 Remains Intact for ICD-10 Implementation
ICD-10 will improve accuracy and data sharing as part of overall E-health initiative Stating that ICD-10 is an essential component to tracking more detailed healthcare data and strengthening a national health information infrastructure, Denise Buenning, MsM, Deputy Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of E-Health Standards and Services, reiterated Wednesday that [...]
CMS, ONC Report on Progress of Health IT Adoption
Record Progress to Date on Adoption of Health IT Initiatives CMS and ONC yesterday posted a joint fact sheet breaking down progress made to date in health IT adoption since the passing of the HITECH Act. The fact sheet includes the latest EHR adoption number for eligible professionals and hospitals as well as rates of [...]
HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule Goes Into Effect
HIPAA Omnibus Effective Today The final HIPAA Omnibus rule enhances a patient’s privacy protections, provides individuals new rights to their personal health information, and strengthens the government’s ability to enforce the law. When the rule was passed in January of this year, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said “The new rule will help protect patient privacy [...]
ONC Issues New Whitepaper on Meaningful Use Core Measure 3
Latest Updates from ONC on HealthIT.gov The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released a new white paper giving details on Meaningful Use Core Measure 3: Maintain Problem List. The white paper will help providers: Learn how the problem list can be leveraged to achieve better individual patient care and population management [...]
CCHIT Launches HIE Compliance Testing and Certification Program
CCHIT Announces HIE Certification Pilot Program at HIMSS13 CHICAGO – Today, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is announcing the opening of the pilot phase of a new health information exchange compliance testing program at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans; it also will reveal [...]
Where Does Talent Management Fit Into Healthcare?
Time to Elevate Talent Management from Tactical to Strategic By J.P. Fingado API Healthcare At the core of every healthcare business strategy is the basic yet constant effort to improve patient care while maintaining an edge in an increasingly demanding and competitive field. To that end, organizations are searching for ways to reduce operating costs [...]
New Report Looks at Health Information Exchange Staffing Needs
Little Attention to Date on Meeting Hiring Demands of Health Information Exchanges The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and HIMSS have created a collaborative workgroup for the purpose of analyzing employment opportunities and skills requirements in the health information exchange environment. The two organizations have released a report identifying current environment staffing models, emerging [...]
Providers working towards HIE and interoperability face the challenge of bringing connectivity to scale to take advantage of the data being generated by EHR adoption. This paper seeks to demonstrate that connectivity at scale can be accomplished. 
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