Posts from February 2010.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This article was originally written in June 2009, before HHS released the Proposed Rule on "meaningful use" on December 30, 2009 and before President Obama signed the Continuing Extension Act of 2010. Under the Proposed Rule, the determining factor of whether a physician is "hospital-based" under the Medicare incentive ...
Editor's Note: Due to the continued popularity of this post, this article was reviewed and updated on September 30, 2013. For the later version, click here.
Update: On August 8, 2010, Medicare issued MLN Matters Article SE1022 on Medical Record Retention and Media Formats for Medical Records, which states that the Centers for Medicare ...