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New Guide for Privacy and Security of Health Information in EHRs
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) recently released a 47-page Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information. The Guide provides direction to...
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Get Ready for Audits on EHR Incentive Payments
The promised audits have begun for providers receiving electronic health records (EHR) incentives available under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. In...
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Final Rules for Stage 2 EHR Incentive Programs Released
First, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited final rule to govern Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The...
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House Calls for Suspension of EHR Incentive Payments under HITECH Act
On Thursday, October 4, 2012, in a letter to Secretary Sebelius of the United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), the United States House GOP called on HHS to suspend incentive...
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Patient Engagement is Key in Stage 2 Meaningful Use
Stage 2 of Meaningful Use under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH Act) requires providers who want the HITECH Act’s EHR incentive payments to ensure...
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February 28th Deadline for EPs To File Attestation for EHR Incentives and CQMs
The deadline is fast approaching for eligible professionals (“EPs”) to file attestations to receive electronic health record (“EHR”) incentives available under Medicare’s Health Information Technology...
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New EHR Exemptions Proposed
A new bill entitled the “Electronic Health Records Improvement Act” has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Its stated purpose is to “amend certain requirements and penalties...
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Kentucky Health Information Exchange Underwriting CeRT Early Adopter Licenses...
Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE) sends out alert on Thursday, April 18, 2013, indicating that it will accept applications from 13 providers who are seeking financial assistance to qualify...
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ONC revokes two EHR product certifications — review your vendor contract...
ONC's recent de-certification of EHR product demonstrates importance of reviewing vendor EHR agreements to ensure it protects the provider from a loss of meaningful use incentive payments as a result...
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HHS Announces Dramatic Increase in Adoption of Electronic Health Records
HHS announces dramatic increase since 2008 in the use of electronic health records.
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ONC Announces New Certified HIT Mark
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced its new Certified HIT Mark, similar to the Good...
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OCR Delays Revisions to Laboratories’ Notices of Privacy Practices
Late last week the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced a delay in its enforcement of the requirement that certain laboratories...
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EHR Meaningful Use Audits – Coming Soon to an Office Near You!
by Ann F. Triebsch As we indicated in a posting last October and in a more recent August post , audits are now underway to verify that providers who received incentive monies from the Centers for...
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Retention of Paper Medical Records After Converting to Electronic Health Records
NOTE: On February 18, 2010, we posted an article about what to do with paper medical records when converting to an electronic health record (EHR). To date, this has been the most popular article on the...
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November 30th Meaningful Use Deadline for Hospitals
Saturday, November 30, 2013, is the last day for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) to register and attest to receive an incentive payment for FY2013 under the Medicare Electronic Health...
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Lessons Learned from Meaningful Use Audits
By Margaret Levi and Kathie McDonald-McClure As we previously reported in a blog post on September 24, 2013, an eligible professional, eligible hospital, or critical access hospital receiving an...
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CMS Extends Stage 2 Meaningful Use through 2016
On Friday, November 6, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONC) announced its proposal to extend the...
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MU Deadlines for Eligible Professionals
Eligible professionals, such as physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists and chiropractors, should be aware of two upcoming dates related to their participation in the Medicaid EHR Incentive...
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Health Care Providers Need Not Meet Meaningful Use This Year to Remain...
The Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program was implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pursuant to the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic...
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EHR Donation Safe Harbors Extended to 2021
by Margaret Young Levi and Roz Cordini Amidst concerns that physicians and other providers are slow to adopt electronic health record (EHR) systems and be “meaningful users” of health information...
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