HITECH Act mandates audits of health care providers to determine HIPAA compliance By William O’Toole O’Toole Law Group HIPAA privacy and security audits are not looming out there on the horizon, they are happening now. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) mandates audits of health care providers to investigate [...]
2014: Stage 1 Meaningful Use and Stage 2? I thought as we moved deeper into Stage 1 Meaningful Use (MU) the questions would get easier. This is not always the case. A topic came up this week that drove me all the way back to the Final Rule. That’s right, I had to get a step ladder, [...]
There is a new dimension, beyond that which is known to physicians. It is a dimension as vast as any medical clinic and as timeless as your patient records. It is the middle ground between implementation and meaningful use. It is an area which we call The EHR Zone. Coming in February…the debut of The EHR [...]
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is a new engine for revitalizing and sustaining Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and was established by the Affordable Care Act. The Innovation Center has the resources and flexibility to rapidly test innovative care and payment models and encourage widespread adoption of practices that [...]
As we close out 2011 with a look back at the topics we covered through our HITECH Answers news and update feed, we thought it would be helpful to recap the posts this year that provided much needed clarification on some of the Stage 1 Meaningful Use objectives and measures. These 10 posts by no [...]
It’s that time of year again. The week between Christmas and New Year’s when top lists are compiled and published. Some of these lists are a recap of the current year; others the coming. Top news stories, top science discoveries, top key deaths (Steve Jobs you will be missed.) Even top celebrity meltdowns. Pretty sure we [...]
Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions Author: Keys to EMR/EHR Success Completing EHR Rollout Before Tackling ICD-10 On October 1, 2013, practices will start submitting claims using the ICD-10 coding system. Any practice planning on using EHR systems to facilitate the transition to ICD-10 needs to take a close look at the practicality of implementing an [...]
The Affordable Care Act is slowly but surely trickling into our lives. This month one of the sleeping giants of the law was further detailed in an Interim Final Rule. The “medical loss ratio” requires health insurance companies to spend 80% of money we pay in premiums on our health benefits. Larger group insurers will [...]
2011: Unsung Hero of the CMS EHR Incentive Programs I would like to raise a glass of thanks and praise to one of the groups in the background that are rarely acknowledged for their work in spurring HIT adoption. Someone had to step up and take on the difficult task of assuring that EHRs are [...]
Recovery Room 12/5/11 In our recovery room posts we highlight events and news that have happened and didn’t report but still think are interesting. Will Medicare’s Demonstration Project program help us decide how physician’s get paid in the future? Three new projects will launch in January targeting factors leading to improper payments. Here is a summary of the projects [...]
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