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Behavioral health programs to get federal health IT grants
A new government grant program will give a shot in the arm to the use of health IT in the treatment of behavioral health issues. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Bills seek to expand meaningful use, allow non-certified EMRs; Orthopedists call standards inappropriate
Once again, members of Congress, unsatisfied with the scope of "meaningful use," are seeking to expand eligibility for federal EMR subsidy payments, while more criticisms of the final CMS rule are
How can care be coordinated if behavioral health is shut out of meaningful use?
Did you catch the bits of irony in today's FierceEMR? The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology just launched three certification programs for EMRs specific to behavioral health .
Mental health advocates continue to push for ARRA expansion
Mental health advocates continue to press for psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, substance abuse professionals, psychiatric hospitals and related providers to be included in the federal
HHS says providers, HIEs must get consent to share substance abuse records electronically
Two HHS agencies have published answers to frequently asked questions in an attempt to clarify how records of patients' treatment for alcohol and drug abuse can be shared electronically. A federal
Hospital-based docs now eligible for MU bonuses; bill seeks expansion to mental health
Physicians in hospital-based outpatient clinics now are eligible for federal EMR incentive payments, as President Obama has signed into law legislation that removes a restriction in the American
