On August 17, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a 4-page letter plus attachments to State Medicaid Directors giving guidance on the implementation of Medicaid EHR incentive programs under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and the recently published CMS Final Rule ...
Update: On August 9, 2010, Humana, Inc. and athenahealth, Inc. announced their collaboration to provide physicians access to a practice management/EHR software system combined with a rewards program related to quality measures. For more information, click here.
On August 5, 2010, four major commercial health insurance payors participated ...
Update: The text of HR 6072 is now available on the Library of Congress webpage here.
On Friday, July 30, 2010, Rep. Zack Space (D-OH) and several other representatives, introduced HR 6072, the Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010 (Multi-campus Hospital Act). If passed, this Act would reduce the disparity ...