Meaningful Use Sees Impressive Payouts since Beginning CMS recently released the numbers for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs through February 2013. About $12.6 billion has been paid out to participants by the program so far. Although only 4,299 hospitals are actively...
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HHS Releases RFI on Interoperability and HIE
HHS Releases RFI on Interoperability and HIE HHS, CMS and ONC have released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on policies and programs to encourage health information exchange (HIE) through interoperable systems. Although the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs and...
What Do I Need To Do to Comply with the HITECH Omnibus Rule? (the short version, please)
What Do I Need To Do to Comply with the HITECH Omnibus Rule? (the short version, please) The HITECH Omnibus Rule clocked-in at 563 pages, and we have read, digested and condensed the nuts and bolts for you here in our February 2013 edition of our Health Law Diagnosis newsletter. But if...