Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Measurement
Final Rule Released on Medicare Data Claims Last week CMS published the final rule on how Medicare claims data can be released and used. Part…
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HHS Health Care Innovation Challenge Grants
HHS and CMS to Award Innovation Grants Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be awarding $900…
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…
Berwick Resigns Effective Dec 2nd
CMS Administrator Berwick to Leave Dr. Donald Berwick resigns as the Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) effective December 2nd and the…
CMS delays 5010 enforcement but not HIPAA compliance date
HIPAA Compliance Still Required of CE’s Thursday, November 17, 2011, CMS released a statement on looming compliance for ASCX12 Ver 5010. The Office of e-health…
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….