2015 EHR Incentive Program Changes to Come
Breaking News: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to engage in rulemaking this spring to help ensure providers continue to meet meaningful use requirements.
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ZirMed Wins Best in KLAS for the Third Time
ZirMed®, the premier cloud-based enterprise financial and clinical performance solution for healthcare, announced it was once again ranked Best in KLAS®, recognized as the #1 claims and clearinghouse vendor in the healthcare market. This is ZirMed’s third time winning Best in KLAS.
HHS Sets Goals for Shifting Medicare Reimbursements
HHS has announced measurable goals and a timeline to move the Medicare program toward paying providers based on the quality, rather than the quantity of care. This marks the first time HHS has set explicit goals for value-based payments.
Their Claim to Fame – So-Called HIPAA Compliance Experts and Tools
By Andrew Hicks – Have you noticed how many vendors and software solutions are out there claiming they can make you HIPAA-compliant? Well, at the end of the day that’s simply not possible because only you can make your organization HIPAA-compliant.
ZirMed Announces Successful End-to-End ICD-10 Testing Results
ZirMed®, the premier cloud-based enterprise financial and clinicalperformance solution for healthcare, announced results from its latest ICD-10 end-to-end testing efforts. After surveying its clients, ZirMed found overall that those who have started testing have gainedconfidence in their ICD-10 coding strategy and found additional areas for testing in 2015.
GE Healthcare and NextGen Healthcare First to Achieve EHNAC’s PMS Accreditation
EHNAC, a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, announced that GE Healthcare and NextGen Healthcare are the first two organizations to achieve accreditation under its Practice Management System Accreditation Program (PMSAP).
HITRUST Roadmap for Improving Security
Industry leaders convene working group to address growing concerns over health information systems and medical device security by establishing a Health Information Technology (HIT) framework…
Health IT Business News – Thursday, January 22, 2015
Mayo Clinic announced that Epic has been selected as its strategic partner for a single, integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management (RCM) system. The new system will replace Mayo’s three EHRs in use today.
AAFP Comments on ONC Health IT Strategic Plan
AAFP has provided comments on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. In a letter to the ONC, the association supports the goals of the Strategic Plan but says population health management, care coordination, and patient engagement need more attention.