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Practices getting CMS bonus relied on IT

August 17, 2008 — 8:30am ET | By Anne Zieger
As FierceHealthcare readers know, Medicare recently gave out $16.7 million in bonuses to 10 large group practices that had met its quality improvement goals. The groups involved in the Physician... Read more...

Feds outline Medicare incentives for e-prescribing

July 27, 2008 — 6:14pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Now that the Medicare bill has passed, a new set of e-prescribing incentives will soon be rolling out as well. This week, HHS leaders spelled out just how the incentives would work. The incentives... Read more...

Study: U.S. behind other countries in EMR use

July 19, 2008 — 11:24pm ET | By Anne Zieger
A new study suggests that the U.S. isn't just adopting EMRs slowly, we're doing it more slowly than other countries. The study, by the Commonwealth Fund, concluded that at current adoption rates, it... Read more...

Medicare may allow payment for virtual consults

July 5, 2008 — 2:44pm ET | By Anne Zieger
CMS has proposed new regulations that, as of 2009, would allow physicians to bill Medicare for follow-up inpatient consultations, along with adding 56 new measures to the Physician Quality Reporting... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: CMS official admits industry unready for NPI switchover; HHS to announce EMR demo project participants; and much mo

May 27, 2008 — 6:59am ET
> Now, even CMS officials are admitting that the industry may not have been prepared for last week's deadline for switching over to using the National Provider Identifier for Medicare claims... Read more...

Study: ASCs struggling to implement EMRs

April 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A new survey suggests that despite the high profit... Read more...

Medicare requires dialysis centers to use EMRs

April 7, 2008 — 6:59am ET
New Medicare rules now require dialysis centers to provide patients with EMRs, in addition to an individualized plan and defibrillators in every unit. CMS is telling the centers that the new rules... Read more...

CMS wants QIOs to stress use of EMRs

February 11, 2008 — 7:59am ET
CMS is changing its contract with Medicare's quality improvement organizations, with requirements that include having the QIOs encourage the use of EMRs by providers. Under the new contract, QIOs... Read more...

HHS moves ahead with $150M EMR plan

February 4, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Following up on a promise made last year, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has officially proposed a $150... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: NJ Blue plan sees laptop-based data loss; Democratic coalition stumps for e-prescribing; and much more...

February 4, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> New Jersey's largest health insurance plan is warning the public that personal information on about 300,000 members was lost when a laptop was stolen. Read more...
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