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Advancing Care Information and Improvement Activities-Q&A
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Holiday Hours-2016
We wish you a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year! Our 2016 Holiday hours will be: Monday, December 26th-CLOSED Tuesday December 27th-OPEN Normal Hours Wednesday December 28th- OPEN Normal Hours Thursday December 29th-OPEN Normal Hours Friday December 30th-CLOSED Monday January 2nd-OPEN Normal Hours
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CMS Announces July 2015 Transition from IACS to EIDM
CMS The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to inform Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) participants and their staff to an important system update scheduled to be in place on July 13, 2015. The Individuals Authorized Access to CMS Computer Services (IACS) system will be retired, but current IACS user accounts will…
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CMS Announces Extension for EPs participating in PQRS via EHR and QCDR (QRDA III format)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce that the submission deadlines for the PQRS reporting methods below have been extended. All other submission timeframes for other PQRS reporting methods remain the same. The revised submission timeframes are: Reporting Method Submission Period Submission Deadline Time (All Times are Eastern) EHR Direct…
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Using templates in your EHR? Make sure they are updated for ICD-10!
The follow article, written by Cathie Wilde pertains to any EHR that is “template driven”. As we approach (hopefully) adoption of ICD-10 codes, looking at how your templates are coded is one of those great first steps a practice can take to begin it’s transition to ICD-10. Published from ICD-10 monitor: “Templates can either enhance documentation necessary…
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New CMS rule allows flexibility in certified EHR technology for 2014
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule on August 29, 2014, that allows health care providers more flexibility in how they use certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (CEHRT) to meet meaningful use for an EHR Incentive Program reporting period for 2014. By providing this flexibility, more providers will be able to…
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New EHR Attestation Deadline
New EHR Attestation Deadline for Eligible Professionals: March 31, 2014 CMS is extending the deadline for eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program 2013 reporting year from 11:59 pm ET on February 28, 2014 to 11:59 pm ET March 31, 2014. In addition, CMS is offering assistance to eligible…
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How to Prepare For, Survive an EHR Meaningful Use Audit
Posted from AAFP News Now: Use of the words “audit” and “Medicare” in the same sentence tend to make even the most seasoned physician uncomfortable. So when the news broke in March that CMS had added prepayment meaningful use (MU) audits to its ongoing postpayment audit process, some family physicians expressed concern. Understanding that a…
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Deadline for avoiding e-prescribing penalty is fast approaching.
June 30th will be here before you know it! From Medline: “Clinicians slow to adapt to digital medicine have until June 30 to electronically transmit 10 prescriptions to the pharmacy for Medicare patients, and thereby avoid a 2% cut in their Medicare reimbursement next year. The 2% penalty is the punitive side of a federal program designed…
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PQRS..more than just letters in the alphabet!
In all the whorl wind of Meaningful Use Stages one and two, e-RX incentives (or penalties), ICD-10 implementation, there’s another “oldie but goodie” program for providers to participate in. The program has been around for a few years, but did you know come 2015, you may be subject to another penalty (on top of everything…