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>
<span class="articleSummary">According to Modern Healthcare, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) is adopting a two-tier system of testing and certifying IT systems.</span> <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/new-meaningful-use-tier-of-cchit-certification/#more-1165" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading New Meaningful Use Tier of CCHIT Certification">(more…)</span></a>
In preparing content for our September seminar on meaningful use of electronic health records, we’re constantly reading the latest news and editorials on the subject. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/seminar-on-meaningful-use-of-ehrs/#more-1163" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Seminar on “Meaningful Use” of EHRs">(more…)</span></a>
At a press conference on August 20, 2009, it was predicted by David Blumenthal, M.D. that the final definition of the “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHR) will be published in spring of 2010. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/spring-of-2010-for-final-definition-of-ehr-meaningful-use/#more-1161" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Spring of 2010 for Final Definition of EHR ‘Meaningful Use?’">(more…)</span></a>