Leveraging Technology
Members of Congress today introduced legislation to expand access to telehealth and remote patient monitoring services in Medicare.
Hospitals and others applying for a hardship exception to the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program to avoid a 2017 payment adjustment need not submit documentation of their circumstances but should retain it for their own records, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today extended through Feb. 16 the deadline to respond to its Request for Information related to certification of health information technology, including electronic health record products used for reporting to CMS quality programs such as the…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted updated hardship exception applications for eligible hospitals, critical access hospitals and providers participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program. According to the agency, the new applications are more…
Opportunities, Obtaining Stakeholder Support and Future Policy Developments
The health care system suffers from an overabundance of paper work. Hospitals and health systems can realize improvements and significant savings by increasing the volume of electronic data exchange called for under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountably Act's administrative…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today released for comment draft legislation aimed at making electronic health records more interoperable.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week published a Request for Information related to certification of health information technology, including electronic health record products used for reporting to CMS quality programs such as the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting…