<p align="left">The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—health system reform legislation signed into law by President Obama on March 23—contains a number of key provisions for you and your patients. Some provisions may have an immediate impact on your practice and patients, while others will not take effect for some time. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ama-health-system-reform-insight/#more-1221" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading AMA Health System Reform Insight">(more…)</span></a></p>
President Obama will nominate health-care scholar Donald Berwick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, the nation’s health insurance programs for the elderly and the poor, an administration official said Saturday. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/berwick-nominated-for-medicaid-medicare-post/#more-1219" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Berwick Nominated for Medicaid-Medicare Post">(more…)</span></a>
The Office of the Federal Register has made the DEA’s Interim Final Rule (IFR) on electronic prescribing of controlled substances public. It covers the rules for providers to follow to lawfully prescribe controlled substances electronically. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/e-prescribing-controlled-substances/#more-1216" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading e-Prescribing Controlled Substances">(more…)</span></a>
On March 21, 2010, the United States House of Representatives passed <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.3590:" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">H.R. 3590</a>, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Also passed was <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.04872:" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">H.R. 4872</a>, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/house-passes-health-reform-legislation/#more-1214" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading House Passes Health Reform Legislation">(more…)</span></a>
Harmony Healthcare IT will host, on 3/23 and 3/24 of 2010, webinars on how to securely store legacy practice management data to meet state and federal record retention regulations. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/medical-office-data-retention-webinars-on-323-and-324-2010/#more-1212" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Medical Office Data Retention Webinars on 3/23 and 3/24 2010">(more…)</span></a>
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) conducted research to determine the ability of medical groups to meet the meaningful use requirements and qualify for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs. To review key findings from the research, click here. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/mgma-shows-meaningful-use-may-cause-decrease-in-physician-productivity/#more-1208" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading MGMA shows ‘meaningful use’ may cause decrease in physician productivity">(more…)</span></a>
ZirMed®, our partner provider of leading national revenue cycle management solutions for healthcare has achieved full accreditation with the Healthcare Network Accreditation Program (HNAP) <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/zirmed-achieves-accreditation-recognizing-excellence-in-health-data-processing/#more-1206" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ZirMed Achieves Accreditation Recognizing Excellence in Health Data Processing">(more…)</span></a>
The proposed rules for meaningful use of EHRs include a series of standards related to certification of EHR systems, seemingly opening up the certification process to more than just the long-established Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/leavitt-says-not-to-wait-for-final-meaningful-use-rules/#more-1198" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Leavitt says not to wait for final meaningful use rules">(more…)</span></a>