Medicare’s Pay For Performance Effort Begins, Targeting Quality and Readmissions
Starting Oct. 1, Medicare is withholding 1 percent of its regular hospital reimbursements in the new Value-Based Purchasing Program, which was created by the 2010 health care law.
Kerry Proposes Meaningful Use Bill
U.S. Senator John Kerry is sponsoring legislation that would expand Meaningful Use financial incentives for providers that serve predominantly lower-income Americans but don’t qualify for the Medicaid EHR incentive program.
EHR Access Improves Patient Medication Compliance
Most of the patients who participated in a one-year study of doctor-visit note sharing found the ability to read their physician’s notes beneficial and wanted to continue doing so.
EHRs Linked to Improved Care, Outcomes in Diabetes
Use of outpatient electronic health records is associated with improved clinical care and outcomes in patients with diabetes, according to a study published in the Oct. 2 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Doc Adoption of EHRs Continues to Rise
Physician adoption of ambulatory electronic health records is on an upswing.
Why Meaningful Use Doesn’t Go Far Enough
American consumers’ desire to access their health information online far exceeds medical providers’ ability to share that information with them.
GOP Lawmakers Urge Halt on Meaningful-Use Payments
HHS should suspend incentive payments to providers in the electronic health-records program and delay penalties to those that do not integrate health IT until the federal department can define clear, interoperable standards, House Republican leaders suggested Thursday in a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Feds Want 1,000 Rural Hospitals On EHRs By 2014
U.S. government offers $30 million to help critical access hospitals and other small rural facilities achieve Meaningful Use by 2014.
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