Monitoring Legal Developments Relating to the Privacy and Security of Health Information
The recently published final "meaningful use" regulations make it clear that hospitals must be careful in how they report charity care on their Medicare cost reports if they want to…
Continue Reading Charity Care Matters for Hospital EHR Incentive Payments
The following is a chart summarizing the 15 "core" objectives which must be met, the menu from which 5 additional objectives must be selected, and the standards by which achievement of…
On July 13, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services released a pair of final regulations (one from CMS, one from the Office of National Coordinator for HIT )…
Continue Reading Final “Meaningful Use” Criteria for EHR Subsidies Released
Even the most technologically advanced health systems and physician organizations in the U.S. would struggle to meet the proposed standards for "meaningful use" of electronic medical records, according to a Jun…
Continue Reading “Unrealistic expectations and unachievable timelines”
The American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, and numerous other stakeholders are raising concerns that the timelines for adoption of EHR features that must be met in order to meet …
The Health InformationTechnology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or the “HITECH Act” provides incentive payments for adoption and meaningful use of HIT and qualified EHRs. CMS published a…
On November 2, 2009, the Texas-based Drummond Group Inc. announced in a Press Release that it will submit to become a certifying body upon the release of the Office of the…
[Installment 5 – Governance Considerations from HIT for the Board and Other Hospital Stakeholders]
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts that relate to the governance concerns…
Continue Reading Relationship of “Meaningful Use” of EHR, and the Department of Veterans Affairs
When I first reviewed the Matrix and other documents released by the HIT Policy Committee’s “Meaningful Use” Workgroup, my initial reaction was “When did defining ‘Meaningful Use’ of …
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is seeking comments on the preliminary definition of “Meaningful Use,” as presented to the HIT Policy Committee on June…
