EHRs: Quality Care Versus Cost Savings, Next ‘Meaningful Use’ Rules
Some say adoption of electronic health records are not saving money like they’d hoped, but that it does improve care. In the meantime, doctor groups want a delay in the next round of “meaningful use” rules that give doctors financial incentives for utilizing such records.
Medicare Payments to Physicians
Once again, Congress has enacted a short-term ‘doc fix.’ A permanent solution to this perennial problem still remains elusive.
Groups Want Delay in Meaningful Use Rules
Some leading medical groups have called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to delay implementation of Stage 3 of meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), saying providers are still trying to implement Stages 1 and 2.
Many More Doctors Using Electronic Health Records
More than two-thirds of family doctors now use electronic health records, and the percentage doing so doubled between 2005 and 2011, a new study finds.
CMS Distributes $1.2 Billion for EHR Meaningful Use in December 2012
December 2012 saw the largest national monthly payout of electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use incentives in the program’s history, this according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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