Interested in how many Eligible Professionals have attested for Meaningful Use? By state? By Regional Extension Center? Want to see how much money has been spent for HITECH programs (e.g. Beacons, SHARPs…)? Well, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has posted an interactive map that allows the user to examine some interesting statistics. Users…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed delaying the implementation of ICD-10 by one year to Oct. 1, 2014, through a proposed rule: “Administrative Simplification: Adoption of a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to the National Provider Identifier Requirements; and a Change to the Compliance Date for ICD-10-CM and…

Meaningful Use Stage Criteria were released on February 23 for Eligible Professionals (EPs), Eligible Hospitals (EHs), and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Predictably, there has been wide coverage of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM). Here are some good resources to help AmericanEHR users get a good understanding of the proposed rule. Be sure to…

CMS just announced a “National Provider Call” for Monday, March 12th; 12:30pm ET – 2pm ET. Here’s the message that was sent via email: This National Provider Call will provide an overview of the proposed rule, so you can learn what you need to know to receive EHR incentive payments. (CMS plans to hold another…

CMS just posted the notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) for Meaningful Use Stage 2. Here is the link to the fact sheet; here is the link to the full document (455 pages). More to follow.

We are very pleased to announce the winner of the draw for an iPad2 in the recent ACS AmericanEHR Partners EHR satisfaction survey, Dr. Stephen D Leonard, MD, FACS. Dr. Leonard is a General Surgeon in Atlanta, GA.