Policy & Regulations

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CHIME members advise orderly transition to Stage 2 MU at federal hearing

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) members called for a safe and smooth transition to Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2 during a joint hearing of two federal advisory committees in Washington, D.C.

AMDIS: Changes roles, changing goals

The shift from volume to value is bringing about numerous new job titles but three primary responsibilities, according to a session at the AMDIS 22nd Annual Physician-Computer Connection Symposium in Ojai, Calif.

AMDIS: Flux for all CMIOs

CMIOs should be prepared for career flux, according to the speakers of a session at the AMDIS 22nd Annual Physician-Computer Connection Symposium in Ojai, Calif.

AMDIS: Documentation and ICD-10

The clinical documentation required by ICD-10 will help present a more thorough clinical picture, according to members of a documentation panel held during the AMDIS 22nd Annual Physician-Computer Connection Symposium in Ojai, Calif., on June 27.

Mostashari to Senate: No pause needed for MU program

In the first of a series of Senate Finance Committee hearings planned on health IT, witnesses Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, national coordinator for health IT and Patrick Conway, chief medical officer and director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality and acting director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, reported on progress of the Meaningful Use (MU) program and advised against temporarily halting it.

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Survey: Providers don't understand potential of ICD-10

Despite the one-year delay in ICD-10 compliance, many healthcare providers still do not understand the value of the new medical diagnostic codes that will be used beginning Oct. 1, 2014, according to a new survey from eHealth Initiative. 

AHA and Blue Cross Blue Shield: Do not delay ICD-10

While study after study indicates that providers are ill prepared to convert to ICD-10 by the Oct. 1, 2014 deadline, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Association told legislators they are on schedule for implementation and urged against any further delays.

CMS announces first year Pioneer results, ACOs leaving program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced positive and promising results from the first performance year of the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model, including higher quality care and lower Medicare expenditures. But, seven of the ACOs will switch to a different ACO model and two will drop out entirely.

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