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Yesterday (10/4/2012), in a letter from House Republican leaders to HHS, House Republican leaders expressed serious concern regarding the Stage 2 Meaningful Use program and requested HHS to take the following action: Immediately suspend the distribution of incentive payments until universal interoperable standards are promulgated by HHS; Increase what is expected of Meangingful Users... READ MORE

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) released this week a report , “The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) released this week a report summarizing the discussion and key findings from the Behavioral Health Roundtable held on July 24 about the adoption of health information technologies among... READ MORE

On July 23 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm EST, National eHealth Collaborative will host Robert Anthony of the Office of E-Health Standards and Services at CMS to give tips and tricks in a second program in the series on how to achieve Meaningful Use Stage 1.  In this program, Robert will address hot topics and frequently... READ MORE

ONC has announced accreditation of 5 certification bodies and test laboratories to certify and test Electronic Health Records technology in the ONC Permanent Certification Program. READ MORE

Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementations are complex and challenging. Even after substantial preparation, due diligence and physician commitment, implementations do fail. If you are struggling with an EHR implementation, here are four action items to help you navigate the storm: READ MORE

On July 12 from 2:00 – 3:30pm EDT, ONC will webcast a panel discussion on innovative approaches to address challenges in using information from disparate EHR systems.  NextGen Healthcare, Greenway, GE, Allscripts, Vitera, Cerner and SuccessEHS have come to consensus on the highest priority elements of patient information necessary for a consistent clinical summary document... READ MORE

Comments to the Medicare and Medicaid Program; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2 Proposed Regulations are due in two weeks.  If you wish to make comments to these proposed regulations, they must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 7.  Comments can be submitted electronically at www.regulations.gov.  You can also submit written... READ MORE

Comments to the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology  Proposed Regulations are due in two weeks. If you wish to make comments to these proposed regulations, they must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m.... READ MORE

CMS has released its statistics for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for activity from January 2011 through February 2012.  Highlights of the report are: Over 211,500 eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) have registered for the Medicare and/or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs since January 2011; Over 20,000... READ MORE

On Monday, April 2, at 1:00 pm EDT, the National eHealth Collaborative will release the “Health Information Exchange Roadmap” with a webinar introducing the report.  You can register here. Should you have any questions, please contact Alisa Kuehn at 317.977.1475 or akuehn@hallrender.com. READ MORE