CMS National Provider Calls on PQRS and ICD-10 Next Week
Attend these upcoming CMS Provider Calls National Provider Call: PQRS Group Practice Reporting Option and Registry Reporting — Registration Now Open Tuesday, April 16; 1:30-3pm ET…
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Senate Finance Committee Deliberates Confirmation of Marilyn Tavenner
Marilyn Tavenner confirmation looks to be a lock Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee held its confirmation hearing on acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. Tavenner has served in…
CMS Adds Resources to Help Providers Prepare for an EHR Incentive Audit
What Providers Need to Know about EHR Incentive Audits The following is a communication sent out today from the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services…
Health IT Business News Recap – April 7, 2013
This Week’s Health IT Business News At HIMSS13 in New Orleans last month one of the biggest stories, if not the biggest, was the announcement…
DirectTrust, EHNAC to work with ONC to advance direct exchange of health information
Exemplar HIE Governance Entities Announced In the fall of 2012 the ONC decided that now is not the time for regulations on health information exchange governance. They…
Privacy Trust Framework Outlines Key Principles for Protecting Patient Data
Patient Privacy Rights Framework Publishes Set of 75 Auditable Criteria Austin, TX – Patient Privacy Rights (PPR) has released the publication of its Privacy Trust…
ONC Challenge 2.0 Looks to Accelerate Meaningful Use Goals
Challenge 2.0 Builds on 2012 Year of Meaningful Use At the HIMSS13 annual conference this year the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator…
Could New Cancer Care Database Be a ‘Game Changer’ for Medicine?
by Kate Ackerman iHealthBeat Managing Editor Experts say an announcement made last week by the American Society of Clinical Oncology could have significant implications for…
Is new EHR vendor-led coalition looking to replace HIEs?
HIT Policy Committee Questions CommonWell Goals By Diana Manos, Government HealthIT At a meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee on April 3, National Coordinator for Health…