CMS Update on Heart Failure CQM
CMS Releases Updates on Heart Failure CQMs Meaningful use core objective #10 for Eligible Professionals is to report ambulatory clinical quality measures to CMS. EPs must…
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CMS User Guide for Beginners
CMS Issues Intro Guide on EHR Incentive Program What do you do if you have literally thousands of web pages and download documents organized on…
CMS EHR Incentive Payments Accelerate
CMS EHR Incentives for Providers: Payment Statistics My grandmother always said that “the proof is in the pudding”. In the case of CMS EHR incentives…
Critical Mass in the Advance of Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology Tipping Point I was in Washington, DC last week for the 2011 ONC Annual Meeting. This was a three day program that…
Meaningful Use and Documentation of Vital Signs
Meaningful Use and Vital Signs Sometimes things are not what they seem. What can appear simple can become complex upon closer examination. Lately I’ve been…
2011 Meaningful Use Deadline for EHs and CAHs
Deadline Approaches to Register and Attest to Meaningful Use The word ‘deadline’ is aptly constructed. It usually means the death of an opportunity. This is…
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…