Are you a medical practice looking to demonstrate meaningful use of an electronic health record (EHR) that interfaces to The Medical Manager(r) software? <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/meaningful-use-for-the-medical-managerr-software/#more-1238" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Meaningful Use for The Medical Manager(R) software">(more…)</span></a>
A coalition of 13 state health information exchange initiatives is calling on federal officials to deem eligible providers as meeting HIE meaningful use criteria if they have a participation agreement in place with a qualified HIE network. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/state-hies-weigh-in-on-meaningful-use-rules/#more-1234" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading State HIEs Weigh In on Meaningful Use Rules">(more…)</span></a>
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is ioffering a series of “Nationwide RAC 101 Calls.” The calls, open to the public healthcare community, are scheduled for late April and early May as follows: <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/cms-offers-series-of-nationwide-rac-101-calls/#more-1227" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading CMS Offers Series of Nationwide RAC 101 Calls">(more…)</span></a>
<p align="left">The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—health system reform legislation signed into law by President Obama on March 23—contains a number of key provisions for you and your patients. Some provisions may have an immediate impact on your practice and patients, while others will not take effect for some time. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ama-health-system-reform-insight/#more-1221" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading AMA Health System Reform Insight">(more…)</span></a></p>
President Obama will nominate health-care scholar Donald Berwick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, the nation’s health insurance programs for the elderly and the poor, an administration official said Saturday. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/berwick-nominated-for-medicaid-medicare-post/#more-1219" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Berwick Nominated for Medicaid-Medicare Post">(more…)</span></a>
On March 21, 2010, the United States House of Representatives passed <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.3590:" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">H.R. 3590</a>, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Also passed was <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.04872:" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">H.R. 4872</a>, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/house-passes-health-reform-legislation/#more-1214" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading House Passes Health Reform Legislation">(more…)</span></a>
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) conducted research to determine the ability of medical groups to meet the meaningful use requirements and qualify for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs. To review key findings from the research, click here. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/mgma-shows-meaningful-use-may-cause-decrease-in-physician-productivity/#more-1208" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading MGMA shows ‘meaningful use’ may cause decrease in physician productivity">(more…)</span></a>
The proposed rules for meaningful use of EHRs include a series of standards related to certification of EHR systems, seemingly opening up the certification process to more than just the long-established Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/leavitt-says-not-to-wait-for-final-meaningful-use-rules/#more-1198" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Leavitt says not to wait for final meaningful use rules">(more…)</span></a>