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Video: Understanding Meaningful Use of EHRs
October 26th 2010David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, sat down with Physicians Practice at the MGMA 2010 annual conference to explain the overall goal of the EHR transition and the status of clarifications of the criteria.
A Look at the MGMA Conference with President William Jessee
October 20th 2010This year's annual MGMA conference comes at a particularly unnerving time for many practices, as they face uncertainty about federal reimbursement and complex EHR requirements. The annual conference of the medical practice association is being held in New Orleans October 24 to 27, and will cover a wide range of topics from health reform to ICD-10.
Trendspotter: Doctors Question Regional Extension Centers
October 20th 2010Recently, David Nash, MD, a health policy expert from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, wrote a blog post urging physicians to take advantage of the 62 RECs that have been established. The responses to his post reveal physician attitudes toward RECs and EHRs just three months before the government incentives start becoming available in 2011.
Meaningful Use - Meaningful to Whom? Meaningful At All?
October 4th 2010The new meaningful use criteria for EHR incentives focus on whether a computer system can perform specific functions or provide particular features - things that are easy to tabulate. It’s harder to determine if you actually use the system and if you, your practice or your patients are better off. There is no assessment of the possibility that computerizing made things worse.
HIPAA: Authorization for Use of Protected Health Information
July 28th 2010The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requires authorization from patients for the release of protected health information for uses other than treatment, payment or health care operations. Here's a sample form for this purpose. Provided by Rachel Glitz, Paul Smith, and Becky Williams of Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP.
Red Flags Identity Theft Policy, Board Resolution, Contract Addendum
July 28th 2010Is your practice “Red Flags” ready? Here are several forms to help you develop a policy to comply with the Federal Trade Commission’s Red Flags Rule, which requires creditors to implement programs to prevent and detect identity theft. Here you’ll find a document with a policy, board resolution, and contract addendum. Just replace “Our Medical Group” with the name of your practice, and you’re on your way.
Meaningful Use: The Rules Explained At Last
July 19th 2010We’re happy to bring you the following primer on the just-released final rules on how to demonstrate “meaningful use” of an EHR for the purposes of receiving federal stimulus dollars. This backgrounder is a modified excerpt from Physicians Practice’s upcoming September 2010 cover story on our annual technology survey, authored by Bob Redling, and also contains updated information from Physicians Practice editors.