CMS EHR Incentive Program Attestation Deadline Extended.
Participating provides must attest to 2016 EHR Incentive Program Requirements by March 13 to avoid a 2018 Payment Adjustment.
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EHR Incentive Program Status Report December 2016
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the December report. Active registrants total over a half a million.
HIE Rundown 2-10-17
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
New Quality Payment Program Resources Available Online
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted new resources to the Quality Payment Program website to help eligible clinicians and data submission vendors successfully prepare to participate in the program.
Talent Tuesday: Now Hiring!
Welcome to Talent Tuesday. Check back each week as we highlight job opportunities and tips from the healthcare IT recruitment specialists at Greythorn. Today’s opportunity is a Mckesson HPM extract Consultant.
Really Channeling Dr. Bob: From John Glenn to ICD-10
Update: January 20, 2017 – My Dad, Dr. Robert Mullin, Retired USN Captain passed away this past month. Our final salute to him was this past weekend. I was honored to see so many people he has worked with over the years from 3M.
Attest to 2016 EHR Incentive Program Requirements
CMS Registration and Attestation System is now open. Providers participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program must attest to the 2016 program requirements by March 13, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. ET in order to avoid a 2018 payment adjustment.
Don’t Let Your Disposal Vendor Mishandle Your Trash Into a HIPAA Violation
By Marla Durben Hirsch – Providers continue to be confused as to how to dispose of their trash without running afoul of HIPAA. But the stakes are now higher – because it’s often the provider’s trash collector that’s exposing the patient data that’s in the garbage.
IoT Devices Top a Long List of 2017 Security Threats
By D’Arcy Gue – It’s worth remembering that 2016 was dubbed the “year of data security” after 90 percent of healthcare providers suffered data breaches in the previous two years. In particular, the Anthem breach of late 2014/early 2015 got everyone’s attention for the sheer magnitude (around 80 million records) of the hack.