Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE) sends out alert on Thursday, April 18, 2013, indicating that it will accept applications from 13 providers who are seeking financial assistance to qualify for the HITECH Act's Meaningful Use incentive payments.
Here's the content of the KHIE alert:
Application for CeRT Early Adopter License
by Ann F. Triebsch
The anti-kickback “safe harbor” allowing hospitals to donate electronic health record ("EHR") equipment to physicians who may refer patients to their facility is set to expire on December 31, 2013, but efforts have begun to have the safe harbor extended. The safe harbor, created in 2006, allows hospitals to donate EHR and ...
A new bill entitled the "Electronic Health Records Improvement Act" has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Its stated purpose is to “amend certain requirements and penalties implemented under the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the HITECH Act of 2009, which would otherwise impede eligible professionals from adopting ...