According to iHealthBeat, about 13,000 eligible health care providers signed up in August for the meaningful use program, an increase of 30% from July. That’s in addition to the 90,000 health care providers that had registered for the electronic health record meaningful use incentive program by the end of August. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ehr-meaningful-use-registrations-on-the-rise/#more-1387" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading EHR Meaningful Use Registrations On the Rise">(more…)</span></a>
As of 01/01/12, only claims submitted electronically in the 5010 format will be accepted. That means your practice has less than 90 business days to take action if you haven’t already! <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/less-than-90-business-days-to-be-5010-compliant/#more-1377" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Less than 90 Business Days to Be 5010-Compliant">(more…)</span></a>
The Office of Clinical Quality and Standards at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar from 1-3pm EST on August 30th to explain the clinical quality measures in the Medicare electronic health records meaningful use program. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-to-explain-meaningful-use-clinical-quality-measures-on-aug-30th/#more-1371" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS to Explain Meaningful Use Clinical Quality Measures on Aug. 30th">(more…)</span></a>
This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will start issuing the first Medicare incentive checks for meaningful use of electronic health records. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/medicare-issuing-ehr-meaningful-use-incentive-checks/#more-1327" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Medicare Issuing EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Checks">(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>