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On October 6, CMS released a final rule with comment period modifying the reporting period for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs in 2015 to a 90-day period to align with the calendar year and providing additional flexibilities.
To more deeply understand patients’ conditions and provide the best care possible, sharing data among providers across the continuum and with patients themselves is critical. Hospitals have made a significant investment to achieve these aims. The American Hospital Association (AHA) estimates that,…
Finding in favor of hospitals, a federal judge late yesterday rejected CMS's arguments that it met all legal requirements for rulemaking when the agency cut hospitals inpatient payments by 0.2 percent in conjunction with its "two-midnight" policy.
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