by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 10, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
A updated post on record retention with a simple record retention schedule can be found here. State laws generally govern how long medical records are to be retained. However, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 administrative...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 19, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
I was fortunate enough to be listening by phone to the historic (yes, historic) announcement of the final meaningful use rules by Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary HHS; Don Berwick, MD, new CMS Administrator; David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 12, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services WHAT: CMS and ONC will host a press briefing to announce the final rules on Meaningful Use and Standards and Certification under the HITECH Act’s Electronic Health Records (EHR) incentive program. WHO: Kathleen Sebelius,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jun 2, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records
Healthcare reform is a top priority of the Obama administration and as a result the government will be watching closely to make sure healthcare providers are getting on board with Electronic Health Records (EHR). And while the 2014 deadline may seem like plenty of...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 30, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
Note: read my latest post on getting the EHR Incentives here. Medicare Definition of Eligible Provider (EP) For Medicare, physicians and some hospitals are eligible providers. “Physicians” includes doctors of medicine (MD) or osteopathy (DO), dentists or...
