Tag Archives: HHS

EHR Certification Revoked for EHRMagic

Posted on April 26, 2013 by John

Yesterday HHS released news that they’d revoked the EHR certification of the EHRMagic-Ambulatory and EHRMagic-Inpatient EHR software. Looks like InoGard originally certified the EHR and they and ONC received information that had them retest the EHR software and it failed … Continue reading →

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Senators Question Meaningful Use EHR Investment

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Anne Zieger

Six Republican Senators have released a report arguing that there’s no evidence the $32 billion spent on Meaningful Use is delivering the benefits it was designed to offer. The report, entitled “Reboot: Re-Examining The Strategies Needed to Successfully Adopt Health … Continue reading →

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HHS announces 2013 Healthcare IT Agenda

Posted on March 8, 2013 by John

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, M.D., today announced HHS’s plan to accelerate health information exchange (HIE) and build a seamless and secure flow of … Continue reading →

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ICSA Labs Set to Begin Testing EHRs for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements

Posted on January 16, 2013 by John

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, is now officially authorized and accredited to begin certifying electronic health records for the next stage of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Meaningful Use requirements. The new … Continue reading →

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Congressmen Want Halt On Meaningful Use Payments

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Four congressmen have thrown what could be a monkey wrench into the rollout of Meaningful Use Stage 2 regulations, arguing that Meaningful Use rules are weak and ineffective and that MU incentives have gone awry. The four have written a … Continue reading →

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ICD-10 Delay Finalized with New Unique Plan Identifier

Posted on August 24, 2012 by John

Another big week for healthcare IT and HHS. First, we got the meaningful use stage 2 final rule and now we have the official ICD-10 delay (See our previous post about the proposed ICD-10 delay). Here’s a quote from the … Continue reading →

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Meaningful Use Stage 2 Final Rule Published

Posted on August 23, 2012 by John

UPDATE: For those not wanting to go through all 672 pages of the meaningful use stage 2 final rule, ONC has put out this summary PDF. Today, CMS publishes the meaningful use Stage 2 Final rule in the Federal Register. … Continue reading →

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EMR Market Numbers and Number of EHR Vendors with 0 Meaningful Use Attestations

Posted on June 21, 2012 by John

Since I’ve kind of turned EMR Thoughts into an EMR and healthcare IT market website, I feel I should definitely point out this post I did on EMR and HIPAA about the Meaningful Use EHR Vendor Breakout by Percentage. It’s … Continue reading →

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Todd Park Named US CTO – Is that Good of Bad for Health IT?

Posted on March 9, 2012 by John

Thew news came out today that Todd Park has been appointed the new CTO of United States. Todd will be replacing Aneesh Chopra who recently left that position and went back to work at The Advisory Group. If you’ve had … Continue reading →

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ICD-10 Proposed Delay Is Freaking Out Healthcare Industry

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Anne Zieger

In theory, one might think that a delay in the deadline for implementing ICD-10 coding would be a relief for providers. After all, the shift from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is a monumental task which will burn through much money and … Continue reading →

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