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 ...

As hospitals and physician practices begin to reap financial rewards for demonstrating meaningful use of healthcare IT, other healthcare providers who are excluded from participating in the federal ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma on Tuesday announced changes to overhaul the meaningful use EHR incentive program, including equipping patients with access to ...

The American Medical Association has asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to pause its meaningful use program, due to the risk it places on a health system's ability to carry out new models of ...

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 ...

This webinar will provide perspectives from CMS, an auditor, and legal counsel regarding the recent increase in Meaningful Use audits and enforcement activity. CMS has provided $24 billion in ...

Physicians Medical Center and Physicians Specialty Hospital successfully met CMS Stage 1 Meaningful Use standards with the VisionSH system from SourceMedical Solutions. Both facilities announced the ...

For all it success in spurring uptake of electronic health records at hospitals and physicians practices, meaningful use didn't necessarily incentivize effective interoperability – especially not at ...

One of the final rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program has moved a step closer to publication. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 16 sent ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell has agreed to work with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to identify specific ways to fix the faltering Meaningful ...