Request for Public Comment on Potential CQMs for Stage 3
Reviewing Stage 3 Clinical Quality Measures CMS invites the public to provide input on new clinical quality measures (CQMs) for potential use by eligible professionals…
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Stage 2 Meaningful Use Audits: Focus on Hospitals and Patient Engagement
By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com Some times it is almost too easy to see what lies ahead….
Cloud Computing Comprehension
Ask Joy: This Week – Cloud Computing Comprehension Prepare to Soar We’ve already discussed how many providers are considering switching EHRs. Many providers are thinking…
6 “Worst Practices” that put Meaningful Use Incentives for Hospitals at Risk
Worst Practices for MU Audits By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com We’ve all seen articles, interviews, and blog…
Darwinian Health IT: Only Well-Designed EHRs Will Survive
By Edmond Billings, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Medsphere Systems Corporation. Remember the Ford Pinto and the AMC Pacer, aka the Pregnant Pinto? Both serve as…
The Recoupment of Meaningful Use Incentives for Hospitals
By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate and Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate eMail: audits@emradvocate.com You are a 20 bed hospital that attested for CMS EHR…
Meaningful Use Incentive Adjustments – Here Come the Sticks
MU Adjustments Based on Two Years of Activity by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate For years we have talked about the carrot and stick approach to…
Meaningful Use Payments To Continue Despite Gov’t Shutdown
Meaningful use incentive payments will continue despite a federal government shutdown, according to National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MedPage Today‘s “The Gupta Guide”…
CMS Releases New Resource on Stage 2 EHR Incentive Program
Stage 2 Guide for the EHR Incentive Programs Now Available CMS has released a new resource, An Eligible Professional’s Guide to Stage 2 of the EHR…