Back in mid-March, dozens of healthcare organizations sent a letter to newly-confirmed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma urging the federal government to reduce the burden and penalties associated with quality reporting. But just how high are those costs? READ MORE
The Indiana Health Coverage Programs will replace its current Medicaid Management Information System, IndianaAIM, with the new CoreMMIS beginning December 5, 2016. Along with CoreMMIS, a new provider interface called the Provider Healthcare Portal will replace Web interChange. READ MORE
Rumors of Meaningful Use’s death back in early January were greatly exaggerated. However, there have been a few changes to the Meaningful Use requirements that will affect providers immediately. READ MORE
As we prepare to turn our calendars to 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin to implement new policies and procedures for a new calendar year of claims submission. Here are ten things you need to know if you plan to submit claims for Medicare services in 2016. READ MORE
In 2009, Congress mandated that payment adjustments should be applied to Medicare eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals that are not meaningful users of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. Eligible professionals and eligible hospitals may be exempt from payment adjustments, however. READ MORE
In the last few weeks, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two new proposed rules for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs to align and merge the “stages” of meaningful use requirements to reduce complexity and to simplify providers’ reporting. READ MORE
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services moves deeper into penalty phases for many of its quality programs, many physicians face significantly reduced Medicare income in the coming days, especially when considered in aggregate. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on Tuesday that they will extend the submission period for hardship exception applications for those eligible professionals and hospitals hoping to avoid the 2015 Medicare payment adjustments for not demonstrating meaningful use of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology. READ MORE
To avoid the penalty of the EHR Meaningful Use program, professionals should have attested to meaningful use in 2013, can attest to meaningful use by October 1, 2014, or if eligible, should file a hardship exemption by July 1, 2014 READ MORE
If you are part of the healthcare community and a user of Microsoft Word, you have probably encountered the frustrating problem of AutoCorrect changing EHR to HER every time you type a sentence about your electronic health record. READ MORE
