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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 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→

“The HITECH Act set meaningful use of interoperable EHR adoption in the health care system as a critical national goal and incentivized EHR adoption.” (CDC , Jun 3, 2011. “Introduction”. Meaningful Use. CDC)   Wait a minute, …what? Simply put, “Meaningful Use” is the Federal Government’s benchmark for Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems.  An EHR system is considered ineffective unless the data that Continue reading “MEANINGFUL USE” of an EHR Explained In 60 Seconds→