Bill Introduced to Prohibit HHS from Mandating Move to ICD-10 Codes
Bill HR 1701 Seeks to Halt ICD-10 Compliance Last week at AHIMA’s ICD-10 CM/PCS Summit, Denise Buenning, Deputy Director of CMS’ Office of E-Health Standards…
Read MoreBill HR 1701 Seeks to Halt ICD-10 Compliance Last week at AHIMA’s ICD-10 CM/PCS Summit, Denise Buenning, Deputy Director of CMS’ Office of E-Health Standards…
Read MorePatient-Reported Health IT Technology and Ambulatory Workflow The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is conducing a study to look at the impact on…
Advancing Interoperability and Health Information Exchange On March 7, 2013 CMS and HHS filed a notice in the Federal Register seeking input on policy and program…
Using Health IT Tools to Reduce Heart Disease and Stroke In September of 2011 HHS launched the Million Hearts®. This national initiative wants to prevent…
Dashboard.HealthIT.Gov Adds 100,000+ New Data Points The ONC’s Health IT Dashboard presents key information and data to enable collaborative monitoring of the impact of federal policies, programs,…
New Wrinkle in Tavenner Nominiation On April 24, one day after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the…
Today’s Business News InteliChart announced that MMIC has added the InteliChart patient portal to its suite of EHR and practice management offerings. The patient portal will enable MMIC’s more than…
New Tools to Educate Consumers and Providers about HIPAA Privacy and Security The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights…
Coding in an EHR Environment On Friday, May 3, CMS and ONC will hold a meeting for providers, vendors, press, and others to discuss electronic…