My Interview with ONC Farzad Mostashari
ONC Mostashari at MGMA By far the highlight of my time at MGMA was my twelve minutes of one-on-one with ONC Farzad Mostashari. There is…
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Who I met at MGMA 2011
Unlike the HIMSS conference, the MGMA exhibit hall you can actually get through in three days along with spending time participating in the educational presentations…
HBMA Third Annual EHR Summit
Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA) is hosting its third annual EHR Summit November 16-18 at The Talking Stick Resort in my home town area…
When will providers start actually buying EHRs?
Clock is ticking on EHR Incentives There is one intriguing question about EHR adoption that everyone from vendors to officials at CMS has been asking….
Physician Specialists Exemptions and Achieving Meaningful Use
The Stage 1 Meaningful Use Core and Menu Set objectives seem to make sense for a primary care provider, but what about specialists? If you…
CMS Quality Measures and EHR Incentives
EHR Incentives Program Call for Providers Register NOW for CMS Clinical Quality Measures and EHR Incentive Program for small practice providers that will be held…
3rd Quarter EHR Incentive Program Status
  . Just the Facts from Joe Friday The numbers you are about to see are all true… As of the end of September . 114,644 Eligible…
Understanding Medicare Claims Data Through Visual Storytelling
Sarianne Gruber MPH, MS SG Healthcare Analytics LLC The Open Government Initiative has me exploring the health-related datasets available on www.data.gov/health. I recently had the…
Certified EHR Software and Meaningful Use Exclusions
Question Two from Specialists about Meaningful Use Last week we took a look a the most common question from Specialists about meaningful use. This week…