Posted on March 29th, 2012 by Frank Fortin
In an age where the federal government has settled on a total of 33 quality metrics in its final rule for accountable care organizations, figuring out how to track data and meet quality and performance benchmarks is becoming a critical part of a physician’s role in providing quality care to patients. More practices in Massachusetts [...]
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Posted on September 9th, 2010 by Frank Fortin
The state agency charged with helping physicians and hospitals implement electronic health records has released its list of 18 certified “implementation organizations” to act as consultants to practices during the implementation process. They range from hospitals and health care systems, to private consulting firms, to even a few EHR vendors themselves. The state also unveiled [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Frank Fortin
The MMS told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services today that its proposed rules for a national electronic health record incentive program are too aggressive, and would deter many physicians from participating in the program. The MMS said the program “asks for too much, too soon” from many physicians, especially those in small practices. [...]
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Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Frank Fortin
The federal government last week finally unveiled its proposed definition for the “meaningful use” of electronic health records. Almost immediately, there were critics. Physicians and hospital systems have been waiting for these definitions for many months. Last winter, as part of the sweeping federal stimulus bill, Congress set aside $20 billion to subsidize physicians, hospitals [...]
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