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Electronic Health Records: Number and Characteristics of Providers Awarded Medicaid Incentive Payments for 2011
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: December 13, 2012
Problem Lists in Health Records: Ownership, Standardization, and Accountability
Author: AHIMA HIE Practice Council
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: December 09, 2012
Early Assessment Finds That CMS Faces Obstacles In Overseeing The Medicare EHR Incentive Program
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Inspector General
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: November 29, 2012
Analyzing Stage 1 and Stage 2 Meaningful Use Differences
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2012
The summer of 2012 ended with a bang when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued final regulations outlining requirements for the stage 2 “meaningful use” EHR Incentive Program. The stage 2 final regulation did....
Rapid Release of Rules Means Work Ahead
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2012
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), along with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), formally released three final rules around the the time of the Labor Day holiday. Appropriately enough, the arrival of these final rules spells out much work ahead for t....
Health Story Data Standards Included in Meaningful Use Program
Author: Kuhl, Joy
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: November 2012
Just because information can be exchanged electronically doesn’t mean it can be digitally analyzed. Data needs to be structured using clear electronic standards for HIM professionals and other health IT specialists to analyze and use the data. Much of the data generated in healthcare-like pro....
EHR Evolution: Policy and Legislation Forces Changing the EHR
Author: Tripathi, Micky
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2012
Electronic health records (EHRs), like all computerized technologies, have undergone rapid transformation over the past 50 years. The pace of change has greatly accelerated since the January 2009 passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)-a $30....
Meaningful Use Stage 2 Ramps Up Record Access
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2012
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have certainly put a new spin to the old saying “things happen in threes.” During late August, CMS issued the final rule for the stage 2 “meaningful use” Elec....
Treating Healthcare with Health "I"T
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2012
Patient-Centric Stage 2 Meaningful Use Measures Considered Treatment for Ailing US Health System
The US healthcare system is ill. Higher costs, sicker patients, and struggling providers are the symptoms of the disease that has sent industry stakeholders scrambling t....
Structuring the Spoken Word: The Role of Transcription in Meaningful Use
Author: Carnrite, Michael; Sumner, Susan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2012
The latest data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report that Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments for the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) have reached more than $5 billion. Medical transcription has played a role in providers’ attainment of these incen....
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