CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentives
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently launched a website aimed at educating eligible healthcare professionals on electronic health record (EHR) incentives. View the website.
Bill to Expand EHR Incentives to Hospital Outpatient Docs Stripped
The Senate stripped out provisions in a pending jobs bill that would have put hospital-based physicians who treated outpatients in line to receive health IT incentives under the HITECH Act.
Those provisions may now be part of future legislation.
The initial version of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act contained a provision that would have [...]
Draft Bill Expands EHR Incentives to Outpatient Docs
The Senate Finance Committee today released the draft of a jobs bill that removes a ban against physicians in hospital-based outpatient clinics from participating in the health IT incentives in the HITECH Act.
Among its proposals, the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act would allow physicians who practice in outpatient or walk-in clinics associated with [...]
CMS and ONC Issue Regulations Proposing a Definition of Meaningful Use and Setting Standards for EHR
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) encourage public comment on two regulations issued on December 30, 2009 that lay a foundation for improving quality, efficiency and safety through meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. The regulations will help implement the [...]