Electronic Health Records (EHRs) - Meaningful Use
Final Rule Offers Limited Flexibility for Meeting EHR Meaningful Use in 2014
We strongly urge you to finalize, as quickly as possible, the proposal to expand providers’ choice of certified EHR technology (CEHRT) to be used in 2014. The proposed flexibility is much needed and would offer more choice in the specific meaningful use requirements they must meet in 2014 (Stage 1…
The AHA greatly appreciates the planned data collection outlined by CMS. We urge the agency to promptly create its website to provide a centralized repository on public health readiness to electronically receive the data hospitals must submit under the meaningful use program.
2014 EHR Upgrade: Too Much, Too Soon
The undersigned organizations write to express immediate concerns confronting our respective members’ ability to comply with the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program.
Despite the compelling policy and business environments for EHR adoption and implementation, the Dr. Perlin and the other authors highlight common logistical and conceptual challenges hindering investment decisions. They suggest that a standard model that allows for consistent comparison across EHR…
AHA Members-only Webinar: Update on the Medicare EHR Incentive Program for Eligible Hospitals for Fiscal Year 2014
Held Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT, 12 noon MT, 11:00 a.m. PT).
The call reviews the following:
CMS and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently released an interim final rule with comment period that includes revisions to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs and the 2014 Edition Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria,…
CMS on September 4 published a 196-page final rule defining Stage 2 of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs). At the same time, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (IT) issued a 130-page final rule...