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  • Colorado Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Reminder – Patient Lists for Attestation

    By on July 3, 2012

    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...

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  • Nominations for Dual Eligibles Advisory Subcommittee

    By on July 2, 2012

    To support greater collaboration between the Demonstration to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible Individuals (the Demonstration) and other healthcare initiatives, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) will assemble a group of dual eligible individuals (eligible for Medicaid and Medicare), family members, advocates, and other stakeholders with...

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  • AMA Offers Online Tutorial to Help with Health IT

    By on July 2, 2012

    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...

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  • iPads May Boost Residents’ Efficiency

    By on July 2, 2012

    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...

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  • CRHC Responds to Supreme Court Decision

    By on June 28, 2012

    As most of you know (probably ad nauseam at this point), the Supreme Court of the United States delivered their ruling today on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Q. So what happened this morning? A. Ultimately, the ACA was upheld. Likely the most controversial component, the...

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  • Registration and Attestation System and EHR Information Center are Unavailable This Weekend; July 3rd is an Eligible Hospital Deadline

    By on June 28, 2012

    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...

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  • 2013 eRx Payment Adjustment Update

    By on June 28, 2012

    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...

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  • Guide to Opinions on the Supreme Court Ruling

    By on June 28, 2012

    In advance of today’s Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the SCOTUSblog offers up a digest of opinions and predictions. See the digest here or to access their liveblog.

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  • HIPAA Privacy and Security are Essential for Meaningful Use!

    By on June 27, 2012

    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...

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  • Special Invitation to Join Health IT Leaders in Denver

    By on June 27, 2012

    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...

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