On Jan. 11, the first day of J.P. Morgan’s 34th Annual Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt said, “The Meaningful ...

In order to quality for payment incentives from CMS, hospitals and healthcare organizations need to plan ahead with short- and long-term actions, according to the “Preparing for Meaningful Healthcare ...

What I found most striking about the Office of Inspector General's report last week lambasting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for inadequate auditing and oversight of the Meaningful Use ...

There is a little known but potential Stage 1 Meaningful Use nightmare for Eligible Professionals (EPs) who are preparing for Meaningful Use attestation for the CMS EHR incentives. The attestation ...

For Catholic Health Initiatives, a Denver-based health system with 55 acute care hospitals across the country and no electronic health record system, the challenge of achieving meaningful use will be ...

Meaningful use is providing incentive for hospitals to step up and digitize health information. It’s an admirable step forward for the healthcare industry. But it’s not enough. Meaningful use does ...

The definition of "Meaningful Use" in ARRA is one of the most critical decision points of the new administration's healthcare IT efforts. That definition will influence the types of products that will ...

The EHR Incentive Program, often dubbed “Meaningful Use”, has been surrounded by questions and confusion among anesthesiologists and practice administrators since its inception. Currently, the ...

Last week, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) announced the long-awaited proposed guidelines for Stage 3 of Meaningful Use requirements for electronic health records. On the same day ...

Despite the suggestion by some industry heavyweights, CMS (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) did not roll ICD-10 into the Meaningful Use final rule. That's not to say the term ICD-10 ...

"The different stages of growth, development and socialization of childhood require different meaningful use criteria that must be developed carefully for the diverse pediatric patient population." ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...