EHR Incentive Payments Tally $4.5B to Date The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid $4.5 billion to 76,612 physicians and hospitals in incentive payments through March … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: April 19, 2012
More Physicians Awarded Meaningful Use Money However, a MedPAC report notes that most doctors have not yet become eligible to earn bonuses for using electronic health records. Deadline … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: April 13, 2012
CMS Backlog Shortchanges Doctors on E-prescribing Exemptions Medicare processing of hardship exemption applications has lagged, hitting physicians with lower pay rates despite the steps they took to … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: April 6, 2012
Meaningful Use to the Max Instead of striving for "meaningful use" of electronic health records, health-care providers aiming to provide accountable care should shoot for "optimal use" of … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT New Roundup :: March 30, 2012
EHR Adoption Rates Jump for Solo Practices For the first time, medical practices with one or two physicians are the fastest-growing segment for adoption of electronic health records. Meaningful use … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: March 23, 2012
The EHR: It’s About Our Patients, Not Technology A message to all physicians from Robert M. Wah, MD, chair of the AMA Board of Trustees emphasizing that health IT is not a technology “project”; it is … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: March 16, 2012
U.S. Leads Many Nations in Health IT Analysts point to a combination of private initiatives and government standards that helped American physicians be among the worldwide leaders when it comes to … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup :: March 9, 2012
CMS to Host March 12 Call on Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements A CMS-hosted call on March 12 will provide an overview of the proposed rule so HER providers can learn how to receive EHR incentive … [Read more...]
