Today, the Department of Health and Human Services has moved the start date for Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program from 2013 to 2014. The department released the following statement regarding their decision:
"Input from the vendor community and the provider community makes clear that the current schedule for compliance with stage 2 meaningful use objectives in 2013 poses a nearly insurmountable timing challenge for those who attest to meaningful use in 2011. With
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Specialty Article: HIT: Incentives May Not Always Serve Intended Purpose
Survey suggests some awards are going to doctors who have been using electronic health records for years by Josh Israel and Kimberly Leonard
About half of the first batch of federal dollars meant to encourage doctors and hospitals to switch to electronic records went to providers who were converts to the technology long before the stimulus program was announced, an iWatch News analysis suggests.
The analysis could raise questions about whether the government will be able to meet its goal
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Athenahealth Meaningful Use
Athenahealth has made it a company priority to guarantee that our eligible clients achieve and get paid for Meaningful Use. 100% of our clients are using the latest version of athenaClinicals, an ONC-ATCB-certified EHR, and we have dedicated significant resources, people and technology to helping clients reap the rewards from this federal incentive program. Watch Athenahealth's Meaningful Use support team in action.
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White Paper: CSC Update on Stage 2: Current Direction and Timing of Meaningful Use Requirements
Author:Erica Drazen Summary:On June 16, 2011, the HIT Policy Committee made formal recommendations to CMS on requirements for Stage 2 of meaningful use. Under the recommendations for Stage 2, all Stage 1 menu items would be mandatory, the threshold and/or scope of many Stage 1 measures would be increased, and providers would be responsible for meeting a number of new requirements (particularly around care coordination and patient engagement).The final rule on Stage 2 is not anticipated from
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CMS Proposes MU Attestation for Clinical Quality Measures in 2012
Hospitals, critical access hospitals and eligible professionals may continue to report clinical quality measures for meaningful use via attestation in 2012, just as they must do in 2011, according to two proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Also, just like 2011, the measures must be calculated using meaningful use-certified electronic health records.The provision, with varying language, is in separate proposed rules setting Medicare's hospital outpatient
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Download: Associations Endorse Delay In Stage 2 Meaningful Use Attestation
Summary: In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelieus on June 16th, organizations including the American Medical Association and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society say there should be at least an 18 month gap between the file rules on stage 1 meaningful use certification and standards, and the start of the second stage meaningful use attestation for electronic health records from 2013 to 2014.Download the June 16 healthcare
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Meaningful Use and the HITECH Act: More Things You Need to Know.
Last August we brought you the Meaningful Use and the HITECH Act: Top 5 Things You Need to Know podcast. This follow-up presentation digs deeper with updated information for eligible providers about how to receive the incentive payments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). We discuss the latest details about payment timelines, review what you need to know about choosing an ONC-ATCB certified system to entitle you to payments, and review what is expected from
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5 ways meaningful use will change your practice (HIMSS meeting)
Complying with meaningful use rules can earn bonus money for your practice from Medicaid or Medicare -- but it also can shake up the way your office operates and the way you interact with patients.
As hospitals and practices prepare for attestation of having met the requirements, many convened at the 2011 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual conference in February in Orlando, Fla., to learn what they can expect after going electronic.
Meeting meaningful use will
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David Blumenthal addresses HIMSS Interoperability Showcase
HIMSS Launches Meaningful Use OneSource
Providing current and vital resources for implementation of health information technology to improve patient care, HIMSS continues to add new information to Meaningful Use OneSource, an online repository of hundreds of documents, tools and links to other knowledge available on the Internet. Users can go to www.himss.org/meaningfuluseto find this meaningful use compendium vetted by content experts before its inclusion on the website.
HIMSS developed and introduced Meaningful Use OneSource in
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