The week after Christmas is always a hard one. There’s a reason why the term “post-holiday blues” is now a recognized phenomenon. One day you are unwrapping gifts and sipping on egg nog without a care … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Stage 3: Is It Final or Not?
On October 6 of this year, CMS released a ruling that revised Stage 2 and also included the new requirements for Stage 3. However, in a rare move, they added a 60-day comment period to the Stage 3 … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use in 2015: The 8 Things You Should Do Before the Year’s End
It’s been three months since my last blog post and a lot has changed! While I was off enjoying my newborn daughter, CMS released the much anticipated final rule for stage 2 modifications in … [Read more...]
ICD-10: CMS and AMA Announce a One-Year Grace Period
No, the title doesn’t mean ICD-10 is going to be delayed yet another year, although that would be believable considering the many delays and opponents of the changeover. Last week, however, CMS and … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use: Meet the new auditor—the OIG
There are only two days left before the MU hardship exception timeline expires. If you qualify for a hardship exception in 2014 and have yet to file, read Dr. Ketchersid’s blog post from last week—and … [Read more...]
The Future of EHRs: Back to Basics?
If I had a dime for every time I heard someone in the medical field complain about tedious data entry in their EHR, let’s just say I would have a lot of dimes. This complaint isn’t new, in fact over … [Read more...]
Regulation vs Innovation: The Battles of a Certified EHR in a Meaningful Use World
In the past five years, EHR technology vendors and providers have been struggling with the numerous regulatory requirements, from PQRS and eRx programs to Meaningful Use, value-based modifiers, ICD-10 … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use in 2015-2017: Only 9 Objectives?
Last month, I had us humming the Sam Cooke classic “A change is gonna come” after CMS released a statement that modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015-2017 were on their way. Well, the changes are … [Read more...]
