Tag: meaningful use
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Meaningful Use and the Costs of Noncompliance
It is something of an understatement to note that the U.S. health care legal landscape is currently experiencing a degree of transition and uncertainty. There is no shortage of changes to discuss, debate, and, perhaps, grow apprehensive about. One development that has been the radar of many physicians for several years now – and brought…
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CMS Extends Meaningful Use Reporting Deadline to March 13
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has postponed the deadline for the attestation to Meaningful Use by eligible professionals (EPs) participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. The old deadline of Feb. 28 has been postponed to Monday, March 13, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. PT. If you participate in the Electronic Health Records…
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Five Secrets to Preventing Provider Cardiac Arrest Secondary to Meaningful Use 2 — There’s a Diagnosis Code for This!
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the 2015 Inaugural Issue of Alabama Medicine magazine Kill two or three measures with one click. Clinical Decision Support Rules, PQRS and Clinical Quality Measures can be managed simultaneously. Here’s an example of what I mean: Meaningful Use 2 requires the smoking status of all patients 13 years…