Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

NYeC supports providers in navigating the complex landscape of healthcare information technology provider assistance programs, practice transformation, vendor selection, Promoting Interoperability (formerly Meaningful Use) attestation, and health information exchange utilization.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

HealthPolicyValentines pic.twitter.com/nZx2DcTCGI — MA Health Policy Commission (@Mass_HPC) February 13, 2024 Medicare could never negotiate your cost because you are priceless. Be sure to check out our coverage of previous #HealthPolicyValentines as well as some that we found interesting this year below.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

NYeC supports providers in navigating the complex landscape of healthcare information technology provider assistance programs, practice transformation, vendor selection, Promoting Interoperability (formerly Meaningful Use) attestation, and health information exchange utilization.

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care innovations

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Just as it did for the 2018 calendar year , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking to further expand reimbursement for remote patient monitoring, virtual visits and other telehealth services as part of its proposed 2019 Medicare physician fee schedule. 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: 3 Key Takeaways.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Further, the right interoperable healthcare solutions and revenue cycle performance services can reduce the risk of Medicare Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Meaningful Use Stage 3 (MU3) penalties. It can also reduce the number of days in accounts receivable for health systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2023

However, it seems that the protracted regulatory promulgation process that preceded the publication of HTI-1 was not used by ONC to push back various deadlines originally included in the proposed rule, resulting in suggested timelines that would be insufficient to complete sizable development work.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 4, 2013

Growing EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use. In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology.

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Meaningful HIT News

MARCH 30, 2017

The “Meaningful HIT News” name itself has become dated, given that the Meaningful Use program from which this blog takes its name has evolved and kind of fallen out of favor. The Meaningful Use program remains unchanged for hospitals.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information.

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Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Functionally, this type of tool is called an immunization registry , and, luckily for us, it has existed for decades. Perhaps more importantly, Meaningful Use spurred adoption on the provider side, requiring that providers use certified EHRs to receive Medicare and Medicaid funds. It also converged on HL7 2.5.1

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CMS.gov

MARCH 7, 2013

Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The next step on the path of meaningful adoption of health information technology (HIT) for providers—will launch later this year for hospitals and next year for eligible professionals. By Patrick Conway, MD, MSc.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability. Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability. Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 23, 2018

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are approaching universal adoption in US hospitals and ambulatory practices, thanks in part to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 5, 2013

The truth is that each of these initiatives will have a significant impact on the practice of medicine, but taken together they have the potential to dramatically transform the delivery of health care. We are living in a time of rapid and unprecedented change for health IT. This is only the first of many steps we plan to take to help providers.

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HIStalk Interviews

APRIL 10, 2019

The big EMR push, Meaningful Use, and even ICD-10 took people’s attention away from the post-acute care side. With some of the Medicare Advantage plans, people who are taking on risk can manage and direct patients to places if it’s their own population. I’m having the time of my life running this small company.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

In a global model, the lead health system VBP entity—whether part of an integrated delivery system or clinically and financially integrated IPA or ACO—would extend successes and performance across payor types, including Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS), Medicaid managed care, Medicare FFS, Medicare Advantage, and/or commercial plans.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. 2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. ONC, CMS leaders tell Senate HELP Committee time is of the essence. " News.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

Fred notes that the DocGraph dataset of Medicare physician relationships with patients is the largest graph dataset — i.e. a dataset organized with nodes and edges — using real-name data out there, and is one of the few “people” graphs that are open. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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Health Blawg

MARCH 5, 2018

Fred notes that the DocGraph dataset of Medicare physician relationships with patients is the largest graph dataset — i.e. a dataset organized with nodes and edges — using real-name data out there, and is one of the few “people” graphs that are open. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

43 A recent development may offer hope: the federal government’s “meaningful use” requirements for EHR certification are calling for greater interoperability through an emerging data-exchange standard called Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). billion in investments in 2018.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 27, 2018

The possible new mandates, buried in a 479-page Federal Register “Notice of Proposed Rule Making” from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), could become part of hospital “conditions of participation” in Medicare. SPM, on the other hand, said the requirements should be toughened.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 24, 2018

The Trump administration maintained its focus on reduced reporting burdens and greater price transparency as part of its annual Medicare payment proposal. Hospitals were generally supportive of the proposal, but are pushing back on mandatory technology upgrades.

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