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Pick One: Comparing the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2011
Approximately 77,000 healthcare providers had registered for the meaningful use EHR incentive programs through July, program officials told the Health IT Policy Committee at its August 3 meeting. That is a significant number, but it leaves plenty of eligible providers and hospitals still to re....
popHealth Primer: ONC Funds Open-Source Software to Streamline Clinical Quality Measures Reporting for Meaningful Use Program
Author: Cottington, Sarah
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2011
Reporting clinical quality measures from an electronic health record (EHR) system is new territory and can be challenging for providers. However, that is just what eligible professionals must do to participate in the meaningful use EHR incentive program.
Recognizing the challenge, t....
EHRs in the Cloud: Contract Protection for a Rainy Day
Author: Lamar, Marilyn
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2011
Cloud computing has been suggested as a cost-effective way to use electronic health records (EHRs), particularly for small providers that may not have an IT staff. Cloud-based EHRs store patient health records and the EHR software on computers operated by the EHR vendor.
The healthc....
A Possible Delay for Stage 2
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2011
This spring, as the first providers began attesting to their performance in stage 1 of the meaningful use program, the rest of the industry seemed too absorbed with the program's next phase to take much notice.
Through the spring a subgroup of the Health IT Policy Committee was prepa....
All Together Now: Planning for ICD-10, ARRA, and the Affordable Care Act
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2011
Back in January 2009, when the deadline for ICD-10-CM/PCS was announced, the path to October 1, 2013, seemed straight and reasonably long. Then came ARRA/HITECH (February 2009), soon followed by the Affordable Care Act (March 2010).
Add in other federal and local regulations that nee....
Aligning ICD-10: Federal Initiatives Recognize the Value of Integration
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2011
The theme of this month's Journal is very timely on two accounts. First, the process for implementing ICD-10-CM/PCS is heating up as the industry is now six months from what many consider the first national milestone: the January 2012 compliance deadline for the HIPAA 5010 transaction upgrade.....
Patient Portals and Meaningful Use: Using Portals to Meet the Patient Access Objectives
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2011
The stage 1 meaningful use criteria do not require that eligible providers (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs) create patient portals, but portals may be the best option for meeting certain stage 1 patient access and electronic communication-related provisions. Portals may also be mandatory in....
Electronic Copy versus Electronic Access
Author: Emery, Steven; McDavid, Jan P
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2011
Registration for the meaningful use program opened in January, and many HIM professionals and chief information officers are preparing their organizations to meet stage 1 meaningful use criteria. Two of the objectives directly affect an organization's release of information (ROI) process. Part....
The Problem List beyond Meaningful Use: Part 2: Fixing the Problem List
Author: Holmes, Casey
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2011
Yesterday's problem lists aren't suited for tomorrow's electronic systems. Standardizing the content and use of problem lists will help leverage new tools, and new tools can help improve problem list accuracy.
The problem list, that cheat sheet to patient health, originated with Law....
AHIMA Comments on Meaningful Use Stage 2 Draft Recommendations
Author: Viola, Allison F.
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy
Publication Date: February 24, 2011
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