Tag Archives: HITECH

EHR Incentive Sequestration and Guidance on Meaningful Use Attestation

Posted on April 25, 2013 by John

The CMS website has a great resource with answers to a number of FAQs. For example, here’s two questions that related to sequestration’s impact on EHR incentive and meaningful use attestation. Question: Will incentive payments earned in the Medicare and Medicaid … Continue reading →

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Again, With More Gusto: Could Meaningful Use Incentives Be Slashed?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Anne Zieger

As readers of this publication know, your editor has previously held forth on the issue of whether Meaningful Use incentive funds could be cut in the current rush to snip budgets. With the sequester seemingly moving forward, though, and continued … Continue reading →

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Riverside Healthcare Customer Case Study – Deployment protects distributed network of healthcare facilities from the latest threats, comply with new regulatory requirements

Posted on March 6, 2013 by John

Riverside Healthcare Selects Fortinet® Enterprise-Class Network Security Platforms to Help Protect its Distributed Network of Healthcare Facilities from the Latest Threats, Comply with New Regulatory Requirements and Lower IT Costs FortiGate, FortiAP and FortiMail Platforms Provide Cutting Edge Protection Against … Continue reading →

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HIMSS, AHIMA Release Results of HIE Staffing Environmental Scan

Posted on February 14, 2013 by John

CHICAGO, (February 11, 2013) – Healthcare information exchange (HIE) organizations have become prime employers for both aspiring and experienced health information technology (IT) and healthcare information management (HIM) professionals, with the escalation of healthcare reform initiatives, such as HITECH and … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: More Physicians Joining the EHR Trend

Posted on December 28, 2012 by John

Elise Redmann is currently a student at the University of South Florida where she is earning her Bachelor’s degree in business advertising and international business. She works as a writer with the Jacksonville University School of Nursing Online RN to … Continue reading →

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The Impact of EHR Certification

Posted on October 24, 2012 by John

In the comments of my post on EMR and EHR titled EHR Vendors Using EHR Certification Excuse, Jeff offered a frank comment about the realities EHR vendors face in this current climate: I went through EHR certification for a EHR … Continue reading →

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Study Suggests Most HIEs Aren’t Sustainable

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Anne Zieger

According to an EHR Intelligence piece, most HIEs spend more than $1 million per year on operational expenses. That number is probably well on the low end for regional HIEs with multiple health system partners. All told, I think we can … Continue reading →

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Hospital EHR Incentive Makes the Rich Richer

Posted on July 10, 2012 by John

A few months back, Anne Zieger did a post discussing AHA’s comments that the Meaningful Use schedule is too ambitious that started me thinking about what’s really happening with the EHR incentive money. Think about the hospitals that were best … Continue reading →

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$5 Billion Paid Out In Meaningful Use Incentives: Now What?

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Anne Zieger

So, the latest data from CMS reports that Medicare and Medicaid have paid out $5 billion in incentive payments.  Sorry to be one of those annoying “glass half empty” folks, but I’m not terribly impressed. In fact, I keep wondering … Continue reading →

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REC Numbers for REACH (Minnesota and North Dakota Doctors)

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Katie

For those not familiar with the RECs (Regional Extension Centers), REACH, a nonprofit federal Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center, helps providers and clinics throughout Minnesota and North Dakota to either optimize current EHR or implement EHR into their practice. … Continue reading →

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