Stage 2 of the federal Electronic Health Records Incentive Program is underway for providers who first reached Stage 1 in 2011. Although there will not be any official statistics available for several ...

On Feb. 23, 2012, CMS released its proposed rule for Stage 2 requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. The Stage 2 rule included criteria eligible ...

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has recommended that the federal government push back the deadline for Stage 2 implementation of meaningful use until the impact of ...

The decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to push back by one year the deadline for compliance with meaningful use stage 2 is good news for hospitals and physician practices.

One of the final rules for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program has moved a step closer to publication. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 16 sent ...

Among the commenters publicly weighing in on the meaningful use Stage 2 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) focused on public and population health (PDF).

CMS’ extension of the Meaningful Use Stage 2 attestation deadline reaffirms that the ICD-10 Oct. 1, 2014, deadline is not going to change, according to a Healthcare IT News report. Experts said the ...

Aprima Medical Software has selected the Kno2™ interoperability platform to enable its physician practices to easily and cost-effectively meet the requirements for electronic transmission of ...

On Feb. 23, 2012, CMS released its proposed rule for Stage 2 requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. The Stage 2 rule included criteria eligible ...