The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced that the number of physicians and hospitals to have registered for the Medicare or Medicaid electronic health record incentive program has increased by over 15,000 in January to 191,604. Total incentive payments issued during the month were over $508 million bringing the total paid through [...]
Another $508 Million Paid Out in Meaningful Use Incentive Money in January
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
CMS Reports that over $2.5 Billion in EHR Incentive Funds were Paid to over 176,000 providers in 2011
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced that the number of physicians and hospitals to have registered for the Medicare or Medicaid electronic health record incentive program has increased to over 176,000 through the end of 2011. Total incentive payments issued during the year exceeded $2.5 billion. According to a report available [...]
365-Bed Mountainside Hospital Achieves Stage 1 Meaningful Use with Certified EHR from Healthcare Management Systems
December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mountainside Hospital, a 365-bed suburban facility in Montclair, N.J., has met Stage 1 meaningful use criteria using the certified electronic health record (EHR) from Healthcare Management Systems Inc.® (HMS). By successfully attesting for Stage 1 meaningful use with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Mountainside can receive payments from EHR incentive programs. Since [...]
Exeter Hospital and Core Physicians Achieve Successful Stage One Meaningful Use Attestation
December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Exeter Hospital and its affiliated multi-specialty group practice, Core Physicians, recently completed the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Stage One Meaningful Use Certification for Electronic Health Records. As the largest NextGen client to achieve this milestone, Exeter Hospital and Core Physicians successfully established 88 providers to MU. To help bring higher quality and safer [...]
Nearly 25% of Michigan Primary Care Providers Now Committed to Adopting Electronic Health Records
December 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Michigan Center for Effective IT Adoption has announced that more than 3,724 primary care providers in Michigan have committed to adopting electronic health records. This represents a commitment of nearly one-quarter of primary care providers in the state to work with M-CEITA, Michigan’s federally designated Health IT Regional Extension Center, to participate in the [...]
CMS Reports that EHR Incentive Registrations Top 114,000 – over $850 Million in Incentives Paid So Far
October 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have announced that the number of physicians and hospitals to have registered for the Medicare or Medicaid electronic health record incentive program has increased to over 114,000 through the end of September. According to a report at GovHealthIT.com the breakdown through the end of September is 88,399 [...]
athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush Statement Urging Steps to Make Meaningful Use Truly Meaningful
October 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
athenahealth Chairman and CEO Jonathan Bush has released a statement on the importance of making meaningful use of electronic health records truly meaningful. Bush released the statement in conjunction with a meeting of the HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Workgroup and his participation in the Institute for e-Health Policy’s Congressional Luncheon Seminar Series panel, Unlocking the [...]
Deadline Looming: EPs Must Begin 90 Day Meaningful Use Reporting Period by October 3 to Receive Medicare Meaningful Use Payments for 2011
October 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Another deadline is looming for eligible professionals planning on receiving Medicare Meaningful Use incentive program payments for 2011. In order to complete the required 90 day reporting period and attest in time to receive payment for 2011, eligible professionals must begin their reporting period by October 3, 2011. For physicians and other Eligible Providers who [...]
Kane Community Hospital Achieves Stage 1 Meaningful Use with Healthland Electronic Health Records Solution
September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Healthland, a provider healthcare information technology solutions for rural hospitals, today announced that Kane Community Hospital has achieved Stage 1 Meaningful Use. Kane Community Hospital, an affiliate of UPMC Hamot, is a 31-bed acute care rural hospital based in Kane, Pa. After a successful 90-day reporting period of its comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) capabilities, [...]
HHS Moves the Start Date for EHR Meaningful Use Stage 2 to 2014
In a less than stunning but still welcome announcement the Department of Health and Human Services has moved the start date for Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program from 2013 to 2014. Earlier this year there was some discussion of a proposal to delay Stage 2 by one year to 2014 [...]