Featured Report: CMS Paid $16.5B in EHR Incentive Payments Through September

CMS Paid $16.5B in EHR Incentive Payments Through September

iHealthBeat Nov,07,2013 by:+Staff At a Health IT Policy Committee meeting this week, CMS Health Insurance Specialist Robert Anthony reported that as of the end of September, CMS had disbursed $16.5 billion in electronic health record incentive payments to 325,124 eligible hospitals and medical professionals participating in the meaningful use program, Clinical Innovation & Technology reports. Under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package, health care providers who demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR systems can qualify for Medicaid and Medicare incentive payments Read More

Can Providers Charge Patients for EHR View/Download/Transmit?

Health Data Management Nov,05,2013 by:+Joseph Goedert The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued two new frequently asked questions about the electronic health records meaningful use program and updated two other questions. One question is particularly intriguing: Read More

Cigna, Samsung to bring health, wellness to mobile devices

Cigna, Samsung to bring health, wellness to mobile devices

Fierce Mobile Healthcare Oct,31,2013 by:+Greg Slabodkin Global health service company Cigna and mobile device manufacturer Samsung have signed a multi-year agreement to co-develop health and wellness related features built into Samsung's S Health platform on the company's major smart mobile devices, according to an announcement. Read More

EHR Incentive Program Healthcare Professionals Did You Know? Non-hospital-based physicians and other eligible professionals can obtain incentive payments of as much as $44,000 under Medicare or $63,750 under Medicaid. Under both Medicare and Medicaid, eligible hospitals may receive millions of dollars for implementing and meaningfully using certified EHR technology. About two-thirds (65 percent) of hospitals and 32 percent of office-based physicians plan to enroll in meaningful use programs by the end of 2012 in order to receive the maximum incentives, according to survey results announced Thursday morning. Fewer federal dollars will be available to hospitals and doctors that wait to adopt EHR technology, and failure to meaningfully use EHRs starting in 2015 will result in Medicare penalties. Watch this video about how to register for the EHR Incentive program. EHR Incentive Program Registration Do you need help with HIPAA and HITECH? Then download and Read our HIPAA Guide for for Doctors and Small Clinics that contains HIPAA security regulations and check lists that you can use to start your EMR network.

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