EHR Incentive Payments Top $6.5 Billion

EHR Incentive Payments top $6.5 Billion
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In the latest report from CMS, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, EHR Medicare and Medicaid stimulus payments through July 2012 came to $6,597,220,181. Medicare EPs – $1,133,723,850.00 Medicaid EPs – $1,059,530,215.00 Eligible Hospitals – $4,214,529,630.00 (Medicare and Medicaid combined) Medicare Advantage Organizations for EPs – $189,436,486.00 Those are payments to over 188,000 Medical Professionals and 3,624 hospitals. It Continue reading EHR Incentive Payments Top $6.5 Billion

Stage 2 Meaningful Use Core set and Menu set Requirements

Stage 2 Meaningful Use The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services final requirements for “Stage 2 Meaningful Use” that hospitals and health care providers must meet in order to qualify for Government incentives consist of 20 objectives; there are 17 Core Objectives and 3 of 6 Menu Objectives. Here are links to summary lists of those objectives. Core Set Objectives – Continue reading Stage 2 Meaningful Use Core set and Menu set Requirements

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All EHRs are EMRs but not all EMRs are EHRs

OK, so what’s the difference? I’m glad you asked. Typically an EMR is a medical record stored in any type of electronic format, PDFs being the most common. But an EHR is an EMR whose information is quantifiable. In other words, you can use pieces of the EHR for calculating percentages of records with a certain diagnosis or the number of patients Continue reading All EHRs are EMRs but not all EMRs are EHRs

HB300 Adds Privacy Protection Beyond HIPAA for Texas EHR and PHI

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Bigger is Better in Texas when it comes to HIPAA privacy protection. On September 1st, 2012 Texas’ House Bill 300 goes into effect. HB300, passed last year and signed into law by Governor Rick Perry, amends the Texas Medical Records Privacy Act and expands patient privacy protections beyond those required by HIPAA. It also mandates stiffer penalties for privacy violations Continue reading HB300 Adds Privacy Protection Beyond HIPAA for Texas EHR and PHI