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 | Feb 10, 2014 | CMS Quality Payment Programs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for physicians and other eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program 2013 reporting year. Also, some hospitals are being offered the... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 23, 2013 | CMS Quality Payment Programs
The meaningful use audits are in full swing and both hospitals and physicians are being audited. For most hospital or physician practice that retained careful documentation prior to submission, these audits are relatively painless. Unfortunately, some organizations,... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 9, 2012 | CMS Quality Payment Programs
CMS has announced that providers – hospitals and physicians – who received meaningful use incentive payments are now being audited. CMS has outsourced this function to the New York audit contractor Figliozzi & Company. Providers who fail to produce documentation... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Feb 24, 2012 | CMS Quality Payment Programs
5/23/2018 Editor’s Note: In April 2018, the Meaningful Use rules program has been renamed “Promoting Interoperability”. Nonetheless, the language of this requirement are unchanged and this post remains relevant in 2018. The Meaningful Use rules,... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 7, 2011 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, HIPAA
Hospitals, physician practices, government agencies, business associates and others who must comply with the HIPAA Security regulations should dust off the previous HIPAA Security Risk Analysis and update it for 2011. Hospitals and Physician practices qualifying for... Read More
