Will your practice keep or replace Medical Manager to comply with 5010/ICD-10 and to achieve EHR Meaningful Use? Either option works. We know because we’ve helped thousands of other Medical Manager users nationwide make the decision. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/online-community-for-medical-manager-users/#more-1403" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Online Community for Medical Manager Users">(more…)</span></a>
Attestations and payments for Meaningful Use of electronic health records, while off to a slow start, are starting to increase in volume. Year-to-date, under the Meaningful Use program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services payouts are just under $400 million. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ehr-meaningful-use-payments-increasing-steadily/#more-1401" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading EHR Meaningful Use Payments Increasing Steadily">(more…)</span></a>
With less than 90 days until the end of 2011, providers who are eligible for stimulus funding from the <a href="https://www.cms.gov/ehrincentiveprograms/30_Meaningful_Use.asp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CMS EHR Incentive Program</a> should already be in the midst of their attestation period. To qualify for meaningful use funds in 2011, you must report stage 1 meaningful use compliance for a consecutive 90-day period. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/still-time-to-get-ehr-meaningful-use-stage-1-dollars/#more-1399" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Still Time to Get EHR Meaningful Use Stage 1 Dollars">(more…)</span></a>
<p class="email-body">The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding eligible professionals and group practices that the deadline to request a hardship exemption for the 2012 Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program adjustment is <strong>November 1, 2011</strong>. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/erx-incentive-program-deadline-to-request-a-hardship-exemption-is-11111/#more-1397" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading eRx Incentive Program Deadline to Request a Hardship Exemption is 11/1/11">(more…)</span></a></p>
All data has a lifecycle. Protected healthcare information also comes with some rigid retention requirements. That means that when your medical practice moves from one practice management system to another, legacy health records must be retained in their full integrity. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/health-record-retention-from-legacy-practice-management-systems/#more-1395" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Health Record Retention from Legacy Practice Management Systems">(more…)</span></a>
It’s time to check in on the CMS Medicare EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Program timetable: <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-medicare-ehr-incentive-program-deadlines/#more-1393" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS Medicare EHR Incentive Program Deadlines">(more…)</span></a>
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a <a href="http://www.cms.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/MM7492.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims Processing Guide for ICD-10</a>. The document includes information on how to handle claims for services during the ICD-9 and ICD-10 transition, including the actual implementation date. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/icd-10-transition-guide-issued-by-cms-for-medicare-providers/#more-1389" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ICD-10 Transition Guide Issued by CMS for Medicare Providers">(more…)</span></a>
According to iHealthBeat, about 13,000 eligible health care providers signed up in August for the meaningful use program, an increase of 30% from July. That’s in addition to the 90,000 health care providers that had registered for the electronic health record meaningful use incentive program by the end of August. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ehr-meaningful-use-registrations-on-the-rise/#more-1387" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading EHR Meaningful Use Registrations On the Rise">(more…)</span></a>