On January 13, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Proposed Rule on the Medicare Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program. The VPB Program is being established per the directive of the Patient Protection and Affordable Access to Care Act of 2010 (PPACA). CMS is to begin making incentive ...
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its HITECH electronic health records webpage to include information about registration for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Per CMS, registration opens on January 3, 2011 and a link will be available on the CMS HITECH ...
Update: In a voice vote today, December 7, 2010, the House passed the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010. The Act now goes to President Obama for signing.
On November 30, 2010, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that could exempt health care providers from the FTC's Red Flag Rule. The Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 amends the ...
The Kentucky Chamber is sponsoring a webinar on eletronic data usage, privacy and security on November 18, 2010, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm (EST). Erin McMahon, Esq., a partner with Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, and a member of its Health Care Service Team, will talk about employer's maintainance of privacy and security of electronic data and using ...
On October 15, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Transmittal 2066 to address the submission of informational only claims by Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) as well as Maryland Waiver Hospitals in order to track Part C patient days for purposes of calculating the Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentives ...
Just to recap where we are today, the U.S. Health & Human Services Department (HHS) Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has authorized three organizations to perform complete EHR and/or EHR module testing and certification under the Temporary Certification Program Rules. Certification means that the EHR or ...
On September 27, 2010, CMS updated its answers and posted a few new ones to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the electronic health record (EHR) incentives available under the HITECH Act's Meaningful Use ("MU") Final Rule. Here is a sampling of answers addressed in the FAQs:
- Registration for Medicare MU incentives is to be available ...