This weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Renal Physicians Association’s (RPA) annual meeting in Washington D.C. There were over a dozen Health IT vendors in the exhibit hall displaying a range … [Read more...]
Medicare or Medicaid? Which Pill Should I Swallow?
Sci-Fi fans will recall the scene from the Wachowski brothers’ 1999 classic “The Matrix” where Morpheus is offering civilization’s great hope, Neo, a choice—take the red pill or the blue pill. Neo, … [Read more...]
Where’s Waldo? Registering for the CMS EHR Incentive Program
CMS opened registration for the EHR Incentive Program (aka Meaningful Use) on January 3. The registration site apparently received quite a bit of traffic on day 1 as over 4,000 providers registered. I … [Read more...]
E-prescribing & CPOE: 2 Birds, 1 Stone
Over the past few months we have explored a number of the meaningful use objectives within the CMS EHR incentive program. Here, I’d like to review two closely related stage 1 core objectives: … [Read more...]
CERTIFIED!
Last week our company reached an important milestone; we successfully attained ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 COMPLETE EHR certification. Acumen will be added to the CMS List of Certified EHR Technology (the … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Menu Measures without a Threshold: That was Easy
Last week we looked at the core measures without a threshold in the CMS EHR incentive program. Today we’ll examine measures on the menu without a threshold. As you may recall, in addition to the 15 … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Core Measures without a Threshold: A Walk in the Park
Previously I reviewed the high-threshold meaningful use objectives. Today I want to explore the Core meaningful use objectives without a threshold. What is the difference between those objectives with … [Read more...]
Only 20 Shopping Days Left…
I spent part of this past weekend holiday shopping with my wife. This is a bit out of character as I typically wait until the very last minute when the pressure is on. As the year draws to a close, … [Read more...]
