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>
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>
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>
The Office of Clinical Quality and Standards at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar from 1-3pm EST on August 30th to explain the clinical quality measures in the Medicare electronic health records meaningful use program. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-to-explain-meaningful-use-clinical-quality-measures-on-aug-30th/#more-1371" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS to Explain Meaningful Use Clinical Quality Measures on Aug. 30th">(more…)</span></a>
Family Practice Management recently published results of its fourth electronic health record, or EHR, user satisfaction survey. The survey rates 30 EHR systems on 17 dimensions including <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/family-practice-ehr-user-satisfaction-survey-conducted/#more-1369" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Family Practice EHR User Satisfaction Survey Conducted">(more…)</span></a>
Slowly but surely, physician EHR adoption rates are on the rise. Research results reported last month by SK&A, A Cegedim Company, shows that overall adoption is at 40%, a 2% rise since October of 2010. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ehr-adoption-rates-on-the-rise-at-physician-sites/#more-1365" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading EHR Adoption Rates On The Rise at Physician Sites">(more…)</span></a>
Achieving meaningful use of an electronic health record (EHR) is not the only deadline facing medical practices. By federal mandate, in January of 2012, practices must process claims in the new 5010 format, <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/to-keep-or-replace-sage-medical-manager-to-comply-with-meaningful-use-and-5010icd-10-that-is-the-question/#more-1359" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading To Keep or Replace Sage Medical Manager® to comply with ‘Meaningful Use’ and 5010/ICD-10? THAT is the Question.">(more…)</span></a>
For four years now, medical practice professionals have responded to the Medical Group Management Association (<a href="https://www.mgma.com/">MGMA</a>) about their biggest daily professional challenges, as well as their struggles to adapt their professions and practices to a time of rapid change, legislative pressure and fiscal uncertainty. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/the-top-5-challenges-for-practice-managers/#more-1357" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading The Top 5 Challenges for Practice Managers">(more…)</span></a>