Electronic Health Record Incentives, CMS

CMS Releases Sequestration Details; Medicare EHR Incentive Payments Subject to Two-Percent Reduction

by King & Spalding on 3/12/2013

On March 8, 2013, CMS announced that it will apply the two-percent sequestration reduction to all Medicare provider payments with dates of service/discharge on or after April 1, 2013. The announcement also states that claims...more

CMS Requests Comments on Redundant Reporting of Clinical Quality Measures

by King & Spalding on 2/15/2013

CMS is seeking input regarding ways in which eligible professionals might use clinical quality measures (CQM) data reported to medical boards, specialty societies, regional health care quality organizations or other...more

CMS Alters Procedures for Physicians Practicing in CAHs to Qualify as Meaningful Users

by King & Spalding on 1/25/2013

CMS announced on January 17, 2013, that it is changing its claims processing systems to enable eligible practitioners (EPs) who furnish outpatient services in critical access hospitals (CAHs) to participate in the Medicare...more

Audits, Audits And More Audits: Life In The Healthcare Industry

by Michael Volkov on 1/13/2013

Healthcare suppliers and service providers live in a regulated world. They are constantly under audit scrutiny. Sometimes federal agencies (i.e private contractors) conduct the audits; other times state agencies conduct the...more

OIG Recommends Additional Oversight of EHR Incentive Programs

by King & Spalding on 12/13/2012

A November 29, 2012 report from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) sets forth several recommendations to improve CMS’s oversight of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Specifically, the report expresses...more

Meaningful Use Mash-Up: Update on Deadlines, Changes for Stage 2, and the Start of MU Audits

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/2/2012

The march towards electronic health records (“EHRs”) and health information exchange continues. It is worth noting a number of recent changes to the Medicare and Medicaid Meaningful Use programs governing incentives for...more

CMS Releases Final Stage 2 “Meaningful Use” Regulations for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs

by Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/19/2012

On September 4, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published final regulations (Final Regulations) establishing the Stage 2 meaningful use criteria for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health...more

CMS Releases Proposed Stage 2 "Meaningful Use" Regulations for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive...

by Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/14/2012

On March 7, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) outlining the Stage 2 “meaningful use” requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health...more

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