Tag: EHR
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Would You Like to Comment on Proposed Changes to the EHR Incentive Programs?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would like to hear from you on the FY 2018 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Acute Care Hospital Proposed Rule by June 13, 2017. Click here to read the FY 2018 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Acute Care Hospital Proposed Rule. Submit a Formal Comment by 5:00 p.m.…
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Medical Association Joins Call to CMS to Delay EHR Certification Requirements
The Medical Association has joined with the American Medical Association and a large number of physician organizations and state medical societies to urge federal health officials to delay 2015 electronic health record certification requirements at least one year to avoid disrupting physician practices citing the limited number of vendors that have fully upgraded their EHR…
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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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Between Doctors & Patients…Technology in the Treatment Room
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2016 issue of Alabama Medicine magazine Love them or hate them, electronic records are here to stay. Electronic health records, or EHRs, are an evolution of the electronic medical records, or EMRs, that some medical practices use internally. EMRs are a digital version of the…