Leveraging Technology
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) on Jan. 13 published a proposed definition of ")meaningful use") of electronic health records \(EHRs\). This rule would be used to determine which hospitals are eligible for health information technology \(HIT\) incentive payments under…
The HHS recently released an interim final rule updating the enforcement rule for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 \(HIPAA\). These updates were necessitated by the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act \(HITECH\).
The Department of Health and Human Services \(HHS\) published in the August 24 Federal Register its interim final rule implementing the Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health \(HITECH\) Act's breach notification requirements.
Since President Obama on February 17 signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act \(ARRA\), which provides approximately 9 billion in funding to help hospitals and physicians adopt health information technology \(HIT\), we have received numerous inquiries from AHA members about how…
On January 15, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule modifying the medical data code set standards and adopting ICD-10-CM for coding of patient diagnoses and ICD-10-PCS for coding of hospital procedures.
this Advisory is intended to share additional information on the Medicare payment incentives included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act \(H.R. 1\) for hospitals that adopt electronic health records and certain health information technology \(IT\). It also provides a link to an MS Excel…
Continued Progress: Hospital Use of Information Technology \(pdf\), February 2007 - A Report of the results from the 2006 HIT Survey
Medicare continues to struggle to create payment mechanisms that provide the right balance of incentives to ensure an appropriate level of access to new technology for beneficiaries while managing overall program costs.
This edition of TrendWatch examines the benefits and costs of new technology and the challenges of establishing coverage and payment policies in an era of rapid technological advancement.