Category Archives: Meaningful Use

Deadline for ICD-10 allows health care industry ample time to prepare for change

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Deadline set for October 1, 2015   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule recently finalizing Oct. 1, 2015 as the new compliance date for health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses to transition to ICD-10, the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases. This deadline allows providers, insurance companies and others Continue reading Deadline for ICD-10 allows health care industry ample time to prepare for change→

Summary of Care Meaningful Use Requirements in Stage 2

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Learn More about Summary of Care The following is email communication from CMS. If you are an eligible provider participating in the EHR Incentive Programs, you will have the option of reporting the Summary of Care menu objective in Stage 1, but will be required to meet the core objective in Stage 2. The intent of the objective is to demonstrate that a provider Continue reading Summary of Care Meaningful Use Requirements in Stage 2→

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70% of providers use e-prescribing through an EHR

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The percent of physicians e-prescribing using an EHR increased from 7 percent in December 2008 to 70 percent in April 2014. The growth in e-prescribing has not been limited to physicians. In the same period, the percent of community pharmacies enabled to accept e-prescriptions grew from 76% to 96%. Nearly all community pharmacies are enabled to accept e-prescriptions in Delaware Continue reading 70% of providers use e-prescribing through an EHR→

Billing Provider Must Document the HPI not Ancillary Staff

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Question: Is it acceptable for ancillary personnel to obtain and record elements of the history of present illness (HPI) portion of the history component? Chapters 12 and 15 of the CMS web manuals do not reference the HPI—only the review of systems (ROS) and past/family/social history (PFSH). Answer: Per CMS rules and the 1995 and 1997 Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines: Continue reading Billing Provider Must Document the HPI not Ancillary Staff→