Meaningful Use
Eagle provides regular articles about Meaningful use and updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). We also provide analysis, recommendations, and links to supporting documents to help our clients stay up on rules and requirements, including the Objectives and Measures for Meaningful Use — 2015-2017 — you can download at right (PDF).
The Meaningful Use program will fragment on 1/1/2017. Physicians who participate in the Medicare version of Meaningful Use will instead participate in the “Advancing Care Information” component of the MIPS Program. The existing Meaningful Use rules and programs will continue for hospitals and physician practices who participate under the Medicaid Meaningful Use program.
by Gary Pritts | May 25, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
On April 16, 2015 the President signed legislation to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth-rate (SGR) formula for paying doctors. This repeal, of course, was welcomed by the physician community tired of the annual fight to restore reimbursement. Also included in... Read More
by Gary Pritts | May 20, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
The proposed Stage 3 rules were released on March 30, 2015. This rule defines Meaningful Use Stage 3 which is intended to be the final stage and in this process to be required for all providers from 2018 and beyond. The rule includes 8 objectives (with multiple... Read More
by Gary Pritts | May 19, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
On 4/15/2015 CMS proposed significant simplifications to the Meaningful Use Stage 2 rules. For physicians, this provides significant relief from the complexities of Stage 2. Highlights include: For 2015, reporting period is changed to any 90 day period Stage 2... Read More
by Gary Pritts | May 15, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
On April, 15, 2015, HHS proposed significant restructuring of the Meaningful Use rules for Stages 1 & 2. Overall this is good news for healthcare providers, many of whom struggled under the tough Stage 2 rules. Here is a more detailed look at the changes:... Read More
by Gary Pritts | May 1, 2015 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
(Editor’s Note 11/14/2015: If you have arrived here, check our post on the final update of these rules at CMS Unveils Long Awaited Meaningful Use Rule Changes for 2015.) On April 15, 2015, CMS published a proposed new rule simplifying the Meaningful Use... Read More
