Earlier this month our company reached a remarkable milestone. We welcomed our 1,000th nephrology provider into the Acumen family. As we celebrate this achievement it is an appropriate time to reflect … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: June 24, 2011
Medicare to Offer More Waivers from E-prescribing Penalty As many as 209,000 doctors and other health professionals could be eligible to claim exemptions by Oct. 1 to avoid 1% Medicare pay … [Read more...]
Proposed Changes to the CMS e-Rx Incentive Program…Too Little Too Late?
Under pressure from a variety of stakeholders, CMS recently published a notice of public rule making (NPRM) which contains some modifications to the e-Rx incentive program aimed at reducing the number … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: June 17, 2011
Federal Health Tools, Data Help Docs Achieve Meaningful Use Innovative tools and data that federal health agencies have released to the public can help healthcare providers meet meaningful use of … [Read more...]
HIT Policy Committee Recommends Stage 2 Delay
The HIT Policy Committee (HITPC) convened their June meeting last Wednesday. The first three hours of the meeting were devoted to a discussion of the recommendations they plan to forward to ONC and … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: June 10, 2011
Policy Panel Endorses Proposal To Delay Stage 2 of Meaningful Use On Wednesday, the Health IT Policy Committee endorsed a recommendation to delay by one year Stage 2 of the meaningful use program for … [Read more...]
Get Help Adopting an EHR from Your REC
In this post, guest blogger Mary Polk gives insight into RECs and the benefits they offer practices and physicians who are adopting EHRs and attesting for meaningful use. Mary is the Practice … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: June 3, 2011
HHS Proposes Privacy Rule on Medical Records Patients could obtain a list of everyone who has accessed their electronic medical record under a rule proposed on Tuesday by the Department of Health and … [Read more...]
