by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 22, 2010 | Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records
My current practice is getting ready to go live on Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in just two short months, but it’s taken us over a year to get here. When I first started this job, we were supposed to go live with EMR in two months. After I’d had a...
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 | 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...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 7, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
NOTE: Read my latest post on how to register and attest for the EHR Incentive Programs here. Where Did the Idea of Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records Come From? The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed by President Obama on February 17,...
