As in any endeavor, developing a simple strategy to combat complex issues will bring faster results. Take meaningful use, as specified under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, for example.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just issued a proposed rule that will make it more difficult than ever for anesthesiologists and pain physicians to qualify for the Medicare or ...

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 ...

The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs include three stages with increasing requirements for participation. CMS recently published a set of proposed rules that include the proposed rule for ...

March 9, 2010 — When Congress promised physicians and hospitals last year billions of dollars in incentive payments if they adopted electronic health record (EHR) systems, it attached some proverbial ...

On Feb. 18, the American Society of Anesthesiologists submitted a letter to CMS advising changes to meaningful use criteria of electronic health records, according to an ASA release. Currently, a ...

So the holidays have past and we can all ease back into the well-known and comfortable understanding of Stage 1 Meaningful Use and incentives. Correct? Well don’t get too deep in that couch. Sure the ...

During a recent meeting with the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Office of the National Coordinator acknowledged that Stage 1 meaningful use requirements will not be modified for any ...

A new report from the Office of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) might not entirely spill the meaningful use apple cart, but it certainly isn't going to make ...

A newly proposed bill garnering the support of several medical associations would establish exemptions and amend certain penalties for Medicare providers struggling to attest to meaningful use. The ...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - Nov 8, 2012) - Seventeen additional rural and community hospitals have exceeded baseline requirements to complete stage one meaningful use attestation using Prognosis Health ...

Chilmark Research analyst Cora Sharma recently penned a thoughtful post on how mobiles might impact future meaningful use requirements -- and vice versa. Sharma sees future opportunities for mobile in ...