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February 7, 2012

Michigan’s Alcona Health Center is Among First in State to Receive Medicaid Stimulus Funds for Each of 30 Providers

Alcona Health Center, a client of SuccessEHS, is one of the first organizations in the state of Michigan to receive an incentive payment after successfully meeting the requirements for Year One of the Medicaid Meaningful Use incentive program. Alcona Health received a first-year incentive payment for each of their 30 eligible providers from the Centers for [...]

What Specialties are Most Likely To Have Received Meaningful Use Payments?

The CMS Meaningful Use Analysis report to the HIT Policy Committee earlier this month  broke down meaningful use incentive payments by specialty.  The report provides some  interesting information, both in terms of the momentum that is building with the program, as well as which specialties have been issued meaningful use payments. So far this year [...]

Omnicell’s Medication Automation Solution Receives Modular EHR Certification

Omnicell, Inc. a company that provides automated solutions for medication and supply management and business analytics software to healthcare facilities, today announced that its new G4 platform has achieved ONC-ATCB certification as a Modular Electronic Health Record (EHR). Omnicell is the first stand-alone automated medication system to receive this certification, supporting its customers in achieving their [...]

CMS Updates FAQ to Clarify Patient Data Request Info for Electronic Health Records

It’s interesting the way the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) keeps us all up to date with clarifications about the rules for different aspects of the Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs.  Rather than simply making an announcement or releasing a statement they often times will choose to release the information by adding a [...]

Jefferson Regional Medical Center to Receive Medicare Payment for CMS Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

Jefferson Regional Medical Center (JRMC), a 471-bed acute care hospital in Pine Bluff, Ark., announced today that it is one of the first hospitals in the nation to be notified it will receive government incentive funding for successfully demonstrating “meaningful use” of its Electronic Health Record.  The incentives were established by the American Reinvestment and [...]

Website launched to provide detailed information about EHR incentive programs

Image via Wikipedia The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) has launched it’s official website for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.  This official web site provides up-to-date, detailed information about the Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive programs The Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals and eligible hospitals [...]

Mid-Michigan Physicians Selects Allscripts EHR to Connect and Automate 70 Physicians and Providers

Allscripts announced today that Mid-Michigan Physicians, a multi-specialty group headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) to provide 70 of their physicians and mid-level providers, located across seven locations, with the latest tools required to deliver high quality care. Six physicians formed the Mid-Michigan Physicians group practice in 1996 and the [...]

Integrated Medical Services Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Revenue Cycle Management

Allscripts announced today that Integrated Medical Services (IMS) has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management solution, with Allscripts Revenue Cycle Management, to enhance the quality of the care delivered by its 100 physicians, improve patient communications, and better manage the cost of care delivery. IMS is a not-for-profit physician services organization that helps its [...]