Posts Tagged ‘EMR’
Monday, November 16th, 2009
A recent RAND Corporation study provides another incentive for physicians to implement electronic health care records (EHRs) — in addition to that really good one that mandates EHR meaningful use by 2014. According to the study, dedicated EHR use improves quality of care for patients and facilitates quality reporting for physicians. This, in turn, ensures eligible professionals (EPs) receive the full Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) incentive. An Ingenix survey, however, says many physicians remain skeptical that the benefits would outweigh the cost of implementing an EHR system. Read more »
Tags: ARRA, EHR, EMR, Final Rule, HIT, implementing EHR, implementing EMR, Ingenix, measures, MPFS, PQRI, quality reporting, RAND, study
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
About 400 small to medium sized primary care practices have the opportunity to receive incentive payments in an electronic health record (EHR) demonstration meant to encourage adoption and implementation of the much-touted health information technology (HIT). Read more »
Tags: (EHR) Demonstration, EHR, EMR, incentive payments, pay for performance, performance measures, quality measures
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
In reviewing the criteria required for Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) credentialing, the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) uncovered multiple areas for concern. Many of the CCHIT requirements conflict with federal mandates for correct coding or with what AAPC promotes as appropriate coding principals. Read more »
Tags: AAPC, CCHIT, certification, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, CMS, Compliance, EMR, HIT, RAC
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Computer hardware giant Dell has joined the fray of electronic health record (EHR) vendors. The Round Rock, Texas-based company announced Sept. 10 its new Affiliated Physician EMR Solution. Read more »
Tags: AAFP, ARRA, Dell, EHR, EMR, Hermann, Sam's Club, Tufts, Wal-Mart
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
If a clinical laboratory offers your physician’s practice financial assistance to acquire electronic medical record (EMR) software, listen to the sirens going off in your head and run the other way. There’s probably a catch, and it’s probably illegal.
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Tags: anti-kickback statute, civil, clinical lab, criminal, EMR, Federal, law, physicians, Stark law
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
The National Quality Forum (NQF) is seeking comments on its report, Health IT Enablement of Quality Measurement – The Quality Data Set (QDS) and Dataflow. The deadline for comments is June 30. If you would like to read the report or comment upon it, links are provided below.
AAPC sent the following comment to NQF out of concern for EMR coding practices as discussed in this report: Read more »
Tags: CPT, EMR, Health IT, HIT, ICD-10-CM, ICD-9-CM, NCD, NDCs, QDS
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
The Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee met June 16 to begin the process of defining “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs).
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Tags: ARRA, CMS, EHR, EHR adoption, EMR, EMR adoption, hhs, HIT, incentives, meaningful use, Stimulus Bill
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
President Barack Obama spoke at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates held in Chicago, Ill. June 15 to reiterate his stance on health care reform.
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Tags: AMA, EMR, health reform, insurance, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, MedPAC, Obama, SGR, wellness
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
If you’re considering purchasing an electronic medical record (EMR) system, you’re not alone. Plenty of organizations have made the leap before you; so why not learn from their failures and successes? Read more »
Tags: AMA, EHR adoption, EMR, EMR adoption, HITECH, IT, Stimulus Package
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Want to know what President Obama’s National Coordinator for Health Information Technology thinks and how what he envisions will affect you and your practice? Check out this interview in Health IT News.
Tags: EHR, EMR, Health IT, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Stimulus Package
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