HITECH Grants are Awarded
This month HHS awarded almost $1 billion centering around three different grant areas with money coming from the ARRA. The HITECH Act mandated initiatives to…
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CMS NPRM Overview
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). It has taken the recommendations from the HIT Policy…
The Quest for EHR Adoption
Today the public is commenting on the ONC Interim Final Rule and the CMS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The IFR issues rules for an initial…
Recovery Room 2/7/09
Comments on both the ONC IFR and the CMS NPRM are starting to come in. For the most part, the NPRM comments have been from individuals…
The Beacon Community Program
The following guest post is provided by Wm. T. Oravecz, managing partner of WTO-Associates LLC. Earlier this month, HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius announced $235 million…
EHR Adoption Webinar Series
The deadline day of December 21, 2009 for HHS to accept the final recommendations for Meaningful Use is fast approaching. It’s anticipated final definitions will…
Initial 2011 CCHIT/ARRA Certifications Announced
The following guest post is provided by Jim Tate, President of EMR Advocate Finally, the log jam has begun to break. CCHIT announced December 1st,…
November HIT Standards Committee
The Standards Committee met on November 19th this month. All the meeting materials and presentations can be found on the committee’s web page. This month’s…
The Recovery Room – 11/15/09
Dr. Mark Leavitt, chairman of CCHIT announced he will retire in March. He gave personal reasons for his decision to leave. Leavitt has been the…