Meaningful Use Update
In this podcast, Justin Barnes, of the EHR Association and Greenway Medical Technologies, explains CMS’ final rule for meaningful use criteria for EHR incentives.
In the final rule outlining criteria for qualifying for federal incentives, CMS relaxed the requirements and gave providers some choice in how they achieve meaningful use of EHRs.
Rather than take a so-called "all-or-nothing" approach and meet all 25 criteria, providers can achieve 15 core objectives, as well as choose five objects from a list of 10, according to CMS. The final rule, released July 13, also eased some of the metrics for achieving these objectives.
In this podcast, Justin Barnes, of the EHR Association and Greenway Medical Technologies, explains CMS’ final rule for meaningful use criteria for EHR incentives.
HIPAA highlights: 2 disturbing class actions, OCR risk analysis enforcement
April 24th 2025Two class-action lawsuits targeting the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Kansas Health System for years-long cyberstalking and unauthorized access to protected health information spotlight massive HIPAA risk-analysis failures and underscore the urgent need for stronger health care cybersecurity safeguards.
