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Variation on Health Care Spending Webinar
Variation on Health Care Spending Webinar
Variation on Health Care Spending Webinar
On December 30, 2009, in accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act \(ARRA\), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released a proposed rule on Medicare and Medicaid payment incentives for ")meaningful users") of electronic health records \(EHRs\). The rule,…
The payment incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 \(ARRA\) are available to each hospital that is a meaningful user of a certified electronic health record \(EHR\); ARRA defines a hospital as a Medicare subsection \(d\) hospital, which is a general, acute care, short-term…
Under the health information technology \(HIT\) provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 \(ARRA\), physicians and other professionals who are meaningful users of certified electronic health records \(EHRs\) are eligible to receive incentive payments under Medicare Part B.
When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Ill., encountered challenges while working to streamline lab workflow and redesign the lab's physical layout. The hospital began the project after surveys showed medical…
Interim Implementation Guide for the National Health Security Strategy of the United States of America