Many of the hospitals and clinics we have worked with to attest to Medicaid, have received requests for the actual patient lists substantiating their eligibility or qualification for Medicaid EHR incentives. This is a normal part of the “verification step”. Verification occurs after the attestation. Once verification is confirmed...

The American Medical Association plans to launch several Web-based tutorials to help physicians integrate health information technology into their practices. The tutorials offered are: e-prescribing, pre-visit planning, and point-of-care documentation. Each of the tutorials focuses on understanding workflow and what changes to expect with new technologies. To read the...

A study from the University of Chicago shows that most internal medicine residents who used iPads to access patient records and coordinate their care cut about an hour per day off their workload. Researchers also found that residents placed orders for patient procedures sooner than when they did not...

Attestation and Registration System and EHR Information Center Availability The Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs Registration and Attestation System will be affected by planned system maintenance starting Friday, June 29th, 12:00 AM ET, through Monday, July 2nd, 7:00 AM ET. Throughout this maintenance window, eligible professionals and...

On Thursday March 1, CMS reopened the Quality Reporting Communication Support Page <https://www.qualitynet.org/portal/server.pt/community/communications_support_system/234> to allow individual eligible professionals and CMS-selected group practices the opportunity to request a significant hardship exemption for the 2013 Electronic Prescribing (eRx) payment adjustment.  The Communication Support Page will accept hardship exemption requests now through...

The 15th Core Objective for Eligible Providers and the 14th Core Objective for Eligible Hospitals clearly requires HIPAA Privacy and Security with the specific measure defined as: “Conduct or review a security risk analysis per 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1) and implement updates as necessary and correct identified security deficiencies as...

Complimentary Passes are available to join Banner Health, Denver Health, Catholic Health Initiatives & More in Denver The Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT2) and Colorado Rural Health Center are pleased to once again extend a special invitation to all qualified members to join us at one of the...