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The HITECH Act: Then, and Now

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
September 18, 2017 Leave a Comment

A stroll down memory lane

Can you believe it? Fall officially begins this Friday! The football season is underway, the leaves will soon change colors, and before you know it, the College Hoops season will begin! It is hard to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT, Meaningful Use Tagged With: ARRA, CEHRT, EHRs, Health IT, HITECH, John Halamka, Meaningful Use, Micky Tripathi, MU, National Coordinators, NEJM, ONC, Terry Ketchersid

Connecting Health and Care through HIT: From Meaningful Use to Interoperability

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
March 14, 2016 Leave a Comment

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” —John F. Kennedy Do you like change? If you are a physician or work in a medical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: Acumen Blog, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, HHS, HIT, HITECH, Interoperability, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MU, ONCHIT, Stage 2, Stage 3, Terry Ketchersid

Did Someone Say the End of Meaningful Use?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
January 18, 2016 3 Comments

DNR note

My nights lately have consisted of rocking a sweet baby to sleep and binge watching episodes of Lost. WARNING – spoiler alert ahead for those late to the Lost party! I’m currently on the season where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: AMA, Andy Slavitt, ARRA, Diana Strubler, HITECH, John Locke, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MPFS, MU, Naomi Levinthal

The Future of EHRs: Back to Basics?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
June 1, 2015 Leave a Comment

Stacks of medical files

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...]

Filed Under: Blog, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Future of EHRs Tagged With: AHIMA, API, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR, HITECH, HITECH Act, JAMIA, ONC, Terry Ketchersid

New Year’s Resolutions: The Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and the eHealth Initiative 2020 Roadmap

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
December 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

The ball will drop in Times Square this week, marking the end of 2014 and the calendar flip to 2015. The New Year is the perfect time to let go of old habits and start anew. What are your New Year’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, eHealth Initiative 2020 Roadmap Tagged With: Dugan Maddux, eHealth Initiative 2020 Roadmap, HITECH, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), value-based payment modifier

EHR Adoption and ROI: An April Fool’s Joke or more March Madness?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
April 1, 2013 Leave a Comment

March is now behind us and some of us are kicking ourselves for not picking Florida Gulf Coast to go deep in the NCAA Tournament. Who knew?   College hoops aside, have you seen the latest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Nephrology EHRs Tagged With: EHR, HITECH, ROI

HIPAA & the HITECH Act: Facing the Teenage Years

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
July 9, 2012 Leave a Comment

It has been almost 3 ½ years since the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). From an economic perspective the Health Information Technology for Economic and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: HIPAA, HITECH

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