States Demonstrate Success in Meaningful Use Acceleration Efforts
The numbers are in and meaningful use of Meaningful Use appears to be working. A trio of states—Maine, Ohio, and Kentucky—have used Meaningful Use as a foundational building block and demonstrated success by delivering better coordinated care, lowering health care costs, and improving patient health.
CMS Warns Against Improper Use of EHR Templates for Claims
CMS has changed the rule on EHR templates in order to reduce vague or insufficient documentation that might lead to improper billing and financial liability for the provider if the reimbursement is reversed by an RAC.
ONC: Physicians’ EHR Capabilities Growing Rapidly
But ONC report on doctors’ ability to show Meaningful Use clashes with another government report using the same data.
ONC Finds Docs Using More Advanced EHRs
The percentage of physicians who have adopted electronic health records to meet the five meaningful use core goals has surged by 66 percent over the past three years. A significant part of the growth occurred in 2011, as physician adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) that could perform nine meaningful use objectives stepped up by 21 percent.
Smartphone Use: Good for Healthcare
Electronic tools, including smartphones, can help patients, but the adoption of apps for healthcare is still lagging, according to a new report released by the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
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