EHR Update – The Future of Meaningful Use
In the latest Health IT Buzz post, Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt and Karen B. DeSalvo, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, discuss upcoming changes to EHR incentive programs.
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Source: MCR News - January 19, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: liaison Tags: Community College/Academic Libraries Health Sciences Source Type: news
CMS: IT changes are coming, but not here yet
Don’t walk away from meaningful use quite yet. That’s the message from CMS leaders Andy Slavitt and Dr. Karen DeSalvo.
Mr. Slavitt, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, announced on Jan. 11 that change would be coming to health care IT. “The meaningful use... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - January 19, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Interoperability and Meaningful Use Attestation Continues to Increase as the Top 10 EHR Systems of 2015 Vie for Market Dominance
Pathologists and clinical lab managers will not be surprised to learn that Epic leads the competitive electronic health record system market, as ranked by SK&A No one will be surprised that, in one company’s rankings of the top electronic health record (EHR) systems for 2015, the number one position is held by Epic Systems Corporation. […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - January 18, 2016 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Operations Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Becker Hospital Review clinical laboratory Dark Daily EHR electronic healt Source Type: news
Healthcare IT Leaders Welcome Meaningful Use's Demise
(MedPage Today) -- Providers can now focus on more relevant priorities (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 17, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Analyzing the Alleged Death of Meaningful Use
Before you throw dirt and write the obituary of meaningful use, physicians should know this about the program supposedly ending in 2016. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - January 15, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: Gabriel Perna Tags: Health IT EHR Meaningful Use Technology Source Type: news
Federal Government Report on EHR Interoperability Pinpoints Barriers to Information Exchange; Questions Value of Meaningful Use Requirements
Some health IT experts criticize the Government Accountability Office report for ‘incomplete research’ and failure to focus on ‘person-centered interoperability’ Several years after paying billions of incentive dollars to thousands of hospitals and physicians to encourage adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), federal officials remain frustrated at the lack of interoperability among the competing EHR […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - January 15, 2016 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Operations Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Arien Malec California Association of Health Information Exchanges clinical laboratory Source Type: news
Should We Celebrate the Death of Meaningful Use?
(MedPage Today) -- Not necessarily, says Margalit Gur-Arie (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 14, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
CMS Promises Meaningful Use Replacement This YearCMS Promises Meaningful Use Replacement This Year
Major changes to the controversial EHR incentive program could take effect as early as 2017. 'We have to get the hearts and minds of the physicians back,' says the head of CMS. 'I think we lost them.' Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Alert Source Type: news
Over 200,000 EPs Will See Meaningful Use Fines This YearOver 200,000 EPs Will See Meaningful Use Fines This Year
It is unclear whether penalties will be assessed in 2017 and 2018, in light of CMS acting administrator's comments about status of meaningful use. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Meaningful Use Program Officially Shelved
The AAFP has responded to a surprise announcement by CMS that the agency is ending the meaningful use program. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - January 14, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CMS chief's comments hint meaningful use may be on life support
Will 2016 see the end of the U.S. government's meaningful use program? The...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
CMS posts meaningful use payment fact sheet
AMA recommends changes to meaningful use
Medical groups rebel against meaningful use HIT program
U.S. government finalizes meaningful use regulations
Medical groups call for pause to MU program (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 14, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
CMS chief vows to replace meaningful use with better policy
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt on Monday said that the agency is changing its culture to focus more on listening to physician needs and giving them the freedom they need to keep patients at the center of the practice of medicine.
Regaining physicians’ trust
“The day-to-day work of CMS at this point in time is to start up new consumer- and provider-facing capabilities, and then scale them, nurture and mature them,” Slavitt said during a panel at the 34th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. “It demands that we change our culture and execute ...
Source: AMA Wire - January 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Meaningful Use Program Is Ending, CMS Chief Says
(MedPage Today) -- Slavitt also outlines plans for better ACOs, Medicaid IT investments (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 13, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
CMS posts meaningful use payment worksheet
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a fact...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Clinical decision support doesn't push referring docs away
AMA recommends changes to meaningful use
Medical groups rebel against meaningful use HIT program
U.S. government finalizes meaningful use regulations
ONC finalizes interoperability road map (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 13, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Top 9 issues that will affect physicians in 2016
What issues should you follow closely in the year ahead? Crucial developments will emerge in health care regulations, legislation and the health insurance market—and many of them will profoundly impact your practice and patients. Taking a look ahead, we’ve identified nine of the top issues you’ll want to watch in 2016.
1. Medicare reform. The elimination of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula with the passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act in 2015 was a giant leap forward for Medicare reform. The law paves the way for important payment reforms. The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (...
Source: AMA Wire - January 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
