Meaningful Use EP Eligibility Appeals Extended to April 30, 2012 As a reminder to eligible professionals (EPs) participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, CMS has extended the deadline within which an EP may file an eligibility appeal to Monday, April 30, 2012. In general,...
Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM Ramps Up HIE With electronic health information exchange (“HIE”) leaping out of the 132-page Meaningful Use Stage 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Stage 2 NPRM), it is clear that while Stage 2 will continue to afford flexibility to eligible professionals...
Proposed Rule for Meaningful Use Stage 2 Released Yesterday, the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule was made available on the Office of the Federal Register Electronic Public Inspection Desk. The Proposed Rule will be published March 7 and will be open for public comment for sixty...
CMS Provides Guidance on Meaningful Use Appeals Process CMS has released additional guidance for hospitals and eligible professionals on the Medicare EHR Incentive Program appeals process. The CMS Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (OCSQ), together with Provider Resources, Inc.,...
Over billion paid in Meaningful Use Incentive Payments and Counting In a report submitted to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee on January 10th, CMS highlighted progress in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs (“Meaningful Use”) and registration and...
HITPC Releases Tiger Team EHR Amendment/Correction Recommendations The ONC Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) released the Privacy & Security Tiger Team (Tiger Team) recommendations concerning amendments and corrections to electronic medical records (EMRs) in a...
Meaningful Use Missing for Behavioral/Mental Health As Meaningful Use participation kicks off this year, eligible health care providers and facilities are scrambling to make sure they will qualify for the incentive payments being shelled out by the Medicare and Medicai EHR Incentive...
ONC Open Casting Calls Prepared by Krystyna Nowik, Esq. Last week, ONC opened a thirty-day window for organizations to apply to become the sole accrediting entity to oversee certifying organizations under the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology...
The 800-Pound HIE Gorilla Tiger in “Meaningful Use” There has been a lot of discussion around the Meaningful Use (MU) criteria. CMS has an entire website dedicated to the subject, as does ONC. Although the clinical criteria of MU may garner much of the attention, the privacy and...