CMS Gives New EHR Meaningful Use Guidance
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released guidance covering some of the nuances of attesting for meaningful use of electronic health records.
Meaningful-Use Payment Recipients Scarce: Report
As the eligibility period drew to a close last month, only 4% of healthcare CIOs indicated in an online survey that their provider organizations had qualified for and been paid federal incentives for EHR adoption and meaningful use.
Opposition Grows To Meaningful Use Metadata
A government advisory panel has joined the chorus against the idea of incorporating metadata into electronic health records (EHRs) as part of the Stage 2 standards for Meaningful Use.
Despite Incentives, EHR Transition Takes Time
When it comes to the number of providers signing up for the HITECH incentive program, HIT policymakers would like to be able to report a banner first year. They won’t be able to, but some argue that’s not a bad thing.
Medicare Mailing eRx Pay-Cut Letters to Physicians
Physicians participating in Medicare should read their mail carefully over the next few weeks. There could be a letter warning them about a possible 1% pay cut next year because of their failure to meet the program’s e-prescribing requirements.
New Buzzwords “Reduce Medicine to Economics”
Physicians who once only grappled with learning the language of medicine must now also cope with a healthcare world that has turned hospitals into factories and reduced clinical encounters to economic transactions.
Kathleen Sharp’s new book, Blood Feud, pulls back the curtain on a broken healthcare system, particularly the marketing of dialysis drugs with serious health risks.
Report Links Kidney Stones and Gallstones
A new study shows that people who have had a kidney stone seem to have a heightened risk of gallstones—and vice versa.
Better Kidney Disease Diagnostic Kit in the Works
Nephron Dx, a new spin-off company from the National University of Singapore (NUS), plans to develop a more accurate diagnostic kit for the earlier detection of diabetic chronic kidney disease.
Better Ways to Predict Kidney Disease Risk for African Americans
An upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN) presents new research on the link between gene variants and kidney disease in African Americans.
U.S. Reaches Milestone of 100 Million Organ Donors
Last week, the United States reached a major milestone — 100 million people have signed up to be organ, eye and tissue donors. It’s a feat that could end up saving hundreds of millions more lives.
Many Health Programs Face Sharp Automatic Cuts If Super Committee Deadlocks
Federal funding for medical research, disease prevention and a host of public health initiatives could be sharply reduced if the congressional super committee fails to agree on a deficit-reduction package, triggering automatic cuts.
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