Standards and Protocols

Deadline looms for 2014 eRx adjustment May 08, 2013 | Frank Irving - Editor
June 30 deadline looms for 2014 eRx payment adjustment
Individual eligible professionals and group practices participating in the Group Practice Reporting Option must successfully report as an electronic prescriber before June 30, 2013, in order to avoid a 2014 payment adjustment for professional services covered under Medicare Part B's Physician Fee Schedule.
Committee sorts through query scenarios May 08, 2013 | Anthony Brino - Contributing Writer
HIT Policy Committee sorts through record-query scenarios
At a meeting May 7, HIT Policy Committee members asked the Privacy and Security Tiger Team to re-formulate recommendations on several data query scenarios -- especially when a provider has to find a patient’s records from an unknown source for the purpose of direct treatment.
Young athletes to play despite concussion May 06, 2013 | Madelyn Kearns - Associate Editor
Physician researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center surveyed 120 high school football players on the grounds of concussions and came to some startling realizations about the young athletic mindset in congruence to health: The game, for most players, is more important than the brain.
Adapting to meaningful use May 06, 2013 | Molly Merrill - Contributing writer
Adapting to meaningful use
One of the biggest challenges of meaningful use is getting acclimated to the change in workflow, according to Mike Jordan, MD, of East Lake Pediatrics P.A. in Trinity, Fla. Even though the practice has been using an EMR since 2004, staff still had to adjust to how they were using the technology to meet meaningful use.
Healthcare execs call for Stage 2 MU delay May 06, 2013 | Erin McCann - Contributing Writer
Healthcare execs call for Stage 2 MU delay
In a May 6 letter addressed to six senators who recently voiced skepticism over the current state of health IT, CHIME CEO Russell P. Branzell and CHIME Board Chair George T. Hickman wrote that a one-year extension of Stage 2 would "maximize the opportunity of program success."
AmericanEHR Partners compiles MU attestation data for 444 products May 06, 2013 | Madelyn Kearns - Associate Editor
AmericanEHR Partners compiles MU attestation data for 444 products
Electronic health records and their developers are reaching farther in more "meaningful" ways, incorporating extensive, additional perks and functions into their systems to ensure provider compliance across the board.
Unity, Centerstone combine care types May 03, 2013 | Stephanie Bouchard - Associate Editor
Unity, Centerstone bring primary care and behavioral health together
Collaborations between primary care and behavioral health providers are not new but the leaders of two such organizations believe their newly formed joint venture is a winning formula.
Advanced EHR usage reaches 40 percent May 03, 2013 | Frank Irving - Editor
Advanced-function EHR usage reaches 40 percent
That statistic emerged from an electronic newsletter distributed May 2 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which provided a progress report on various federal health IT initiatives, including the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive programs.

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