Category Archives: EMR / EHR

New Proposal to Give Providers and Employers Access to Information to Drive Quality and Patient Care Improvement

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MACRA provides expanded opportunity for the use of Medicare and private sector claims data to drive higher quality, lower cost care The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed rules that will expand access to analyses and data that will help providers, employers, and others make more informed decisions about care delivery. The new rules, as required by Continue reading New Proposal to Give Providers and Employers Access to Information to Drive Quality and Patient Care Improvement→

Leading Patient Advocates Welcome HHS’ New Guidance on HIPAA

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GetMyHealthData Campaign Leaders Hopeful that Clarification Will Help Reduce Barriers that Prevent Patients from Accessing Their Health Data WASHINGTON, D.C. — January 8, 2016 — The GetMyHealthData Campaign is commending the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for offering new guidance on patients’ rights to access their health records under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Continue reading Leading Patient Advocates Welcome HHS’ New Guidance on HIPAA→

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CMS Wants Meaningful Use to Put Providers Back in Charge

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Earlier this week CMS’s acting administrator Andy Slavitt addressed those attending the 34th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference saying, “The meaningful use program as it has existed will now effectively be over, and replaced with something better. Since late last year we’ve been working side by side with physician organizations across many communities, including with great advocacy from the AMA Continue reading CMS Wants Meaningful Use to Put Providers Back in Charge→

Texas Medical Association Speaks Out on Stage 3 Final Rule

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“The federal government never seems to tire in its campaign to heap more useless requirements onto physicians’ practices. Despite the hard work of the Texas Medical Association and organized medicine, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services insists on moving ahead with Stage 3 of the meaningful use electronic health record (EHR) incentive program.” “Now we’ve focused our efforts on Continue reading Texas Medical Association Speaks Out on Stage 3 Final Rule→