A recent webinar discussed how the upcoming meaningful use requirements apply to and will impact ambulatory surgery centers, as well as eligible hospital and professionals, as they relate to ...

March 9, 2010 — When Congress promised physicians and hospitals last year billions of dollars in incentive payments if they adopted electronic health record (EHR) systems, it attached some proverbial ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) set aside nearly $20 billion in federal incentive payments to healthcare providers and organizations who adopt electronic health record (EHR) ...

DrChrono — a software company that develops EHR, medical billing and practice management platforms for iPhones and iPads — is now certified for meaningful use Stage 3, the company announced Feb. 7. 1.

While the market for EHRs is now mature, there is still movement. Some vendors have announced sunset plans due to the challenges of meeting Meaningful Use requirements, which has led to a relatively ...

CMS said that with the meaningful use definitions in place, EHR vendors can ensure that their systems deliver the required capabilities, providers can be assured that the system they acquire will ...

There is a little known but potential Stage 1 Meaningful Use nightmare for Eligible Professionals (EPs) who are preparing for Meaningful Use attestation for the CMS EHR incentives. The attestation ...

Letters sent Monday to U.S. House and U.S. Senate leadership from the AMA and 110 other medical groups and associations aired grievances about meaningful use stage three and warned lawmakers about the ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri have found that health systems who meet CMS meaningful use guidelines for EHRs are improving clinical care and reducing patient mortality rates. A new study ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma on Tuesday announced changes to overhaul the meaningful use EHR incentive program, including equipping patients with access to ...