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...
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)
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...