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...]
CMS EHR Incentive – The Check’s in the Mail
Last week CMS announced that the Medicare incentive payments for successful participation in the EHR incentive program were being distributed. One week later my wife’s practice received an $18,000 EHR … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 27, 2011
Data Mining, EHRs Help Target Dangerous Drug Combo Data mining and electronic health records helped researchers at some of the country’s most prestigious universities discover a dangerous side effect … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 20, 2011
Do Electronic Medical Records Need a Bottom-Up Approach? Should electronic medical records be rolled out chiefly according to the needs of physicians and other providers? That’s the question debated … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: May 6, 2011
Delay for Stage 2 Meaningful Use? An advisory panel that is shaping measures for the next stage of meaningful use has suggested delaying Stage 2 by one year, until 2014, as an option to give vendors … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: April 29, 2011
Nephrologists in Accountable Care Organizations—Do They Have a Role? A video by Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services attempts to … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Attestation Arrives (Almost)
Last week CMS announced the meaningful use attestation process will be available on April 18. With this announcement, CMS has provided an early glimpse into the attestation process. This announcement … [Read more...]
TIR & Meaningful Use: The Importance of Teamwork
This past weekend I had the pleasure of participating in the TIR (Texas Independence Relay). TIR is a 203.3 mile foot race between Gonzales and San Jacinto, Texas; two important towns in the state’s … [Read more...]
