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>
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>
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>
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) encourage public comment on two regulations issued on December 30, 2009 that lay a foundation for improving quality, <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-and-onc-issue-regulations-proposing-a-definition-of-meaningful-use-and-setting-standards-for-ehr/#more-1184" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS and ONC Issue Regulations Proposing a Definition of Meaningful Use and Setting Standards for EHR">(more…)</span></a>
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act will offer stimulus funding to eligible providers who achieve ‘meaningful use’ of electronic health records. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/achieving-meaningful-use-of-electronic-medical-records-to-get-stimulus-funding/#more-1182" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Achieving ‘Meaningful Use’ of Electronic Medical Records to Get Stimulus Funding">(more…)</span></a>
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Finance Committee and former Chairman of the Small Business Committee, today introduced legislation to help family doctors modernize their patients’ records and prescriptions. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/legislation-introduced-to-help-doctors-fund-medical-records/#more-1180" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Legislation Introduced to Help Doctors Fund Medical Records">(more…)</span></a>
<p dir="ltr">The federal government intends to implement a basic level of initial 2011 criteria for meaningful use of electronic health records systems to determine who will receive Medicare and Medicaid incentives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/meaningful-use-of-ehrs-to-be-basic-in-2011/#more-1167" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ‘Meaningful Use’ of EHRs to be Basic in 2011">(more…)</span></a></p>