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MGMA calls for more granular health plan identifiers
The Medical Group Management Association has raised questions about the way the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is approaching its implementation of health plan identification numbers--the association of group practice administrators asked CMS to provide more granular identification of all entities that fund, receive and administer claims.
MGMA to CMS: Extend e-prescribing deadline to December
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the reporting and hardship exemption deadline in CMS' e-prescribing program from June 30 to Dec. 31, 2012.
WEDI to work with CMS, other parties to jump-start 5010 transactions
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), an organization that facilitates improvements in the electronic exchange of information, has partnered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Proposed ICD-10 delay elicits mixed reaction from health industry
The healthcare industry had a mixed response to yesterday's proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the deadline for ICD-10 implementation from Oct. 1, 2013 to
Docs punished for not e-prescribing, despite exemptions
Physicians who last year applied for hardship exemptions from Medicare electronic prescribing penalties have begun seeing their Medicare payments reduced by 1 percent, according to an article
5010 fact sheet suggests concerns about lingering problems
In the wake of its decision to extend the deadline for enforcing the 5010 transaction set to June 30 , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted a fact sheet on how providers
CMS delays 5010 enforcement, yet again
Once again, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has postponed enforcement of its regulations requiring the use of the 5010 standards in all electronic healthcare transactions. Just
Medicare Advantage plans scrutinized more in CMS audits
Private insurers managing Medicare Advantage plans likely will be scrutinized more intensely as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks to rectify a "longstanding problem" of improper
HL7 and NCI collaborate on clinical trial link to EHRs
Standards organization Health Level Seven International, better known as HL7, is working with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to facilitate the delivery of clinical trial data to clinicians via
Information exchange will be a big challenge in MU Stage 2
One of the greatest challenges in Meaningful Use Stage 2 will be the health information exchange and related transitions-of-care requirements. So many organizations have had trouble with the Stage 1
