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>
Written by Aliya Sternstein at <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090715_6084.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NextGov.com</a> in July of 2009, this article explains why some vendors and hospital managers believe that varying state medical record retention regulations may add cost to the Obama administration’s plan to implement electronic health records. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/state-medical-record-retention-laws-complicate-white-house-plans/#more-1196" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading State Medical Record Retention Laws Complicate White House Plans">(more…)</span></a>
The Senate stripped out provisions in a pending jobs bill that would have put hospital-based physicians who treated outpatients in line to receive health IT incentives under the HITECH Act. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/bill-to-expand-ehr-incentives-to-hospital-outpatient-docs-stripped/#more-1190" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Bill to Expand EHR Incentives to Hospital Outpatient Docs Stripped">(more…)</span></a>
Harmony Healthcare IT will host, on 2/25/10, a webinar 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-storage-webinar-on-22510/#more-1188" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Medical Office Data Storage Webinar on 2/25/10">(more…)</span></a>
The Senate Finance Committee today released the draft of a jobs bill that removes a ban against physicians in hospital-based outpatient clinics from participating in the health IT incentives in the HITECH Act. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/draft-bill-expands-ehr-incentives-to-outpatient-docs/#more-1186" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Draft Bill Expands EHR Incentives to Outpatient Docs">(more…)</span></a>