On Jan. 11, the first day of J.P. Morgan’s 34th Annual Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt said, “The Meaningful ...

The EHR Incentive Program, often dubbed “Meaningful Use”, has been surrounded by questions and confusion among anesthesiologists and practice administrators since its inception. Currently, the ...

The strict rules of the Meaningful Use (MU) program are preventing physicians from participating, according to the American Medical Association, which is calling for more flexibility and some relief ...

In a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, four Senate Republicans expressed concern over issues related to the adoption of electronic health records through CMS and ONC’s meaningful use program ...

The American Medical Association has asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to pause its meaningful use program, due to the risk it places on a health system's ability to carry out new models of ...

The Meaningful Use program is ending after all. Sort of. A new plan to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) would effectively replace Meaningful Use for ...

Several times a week I am asked the following question: “What is the absolutely last drop dead date an eligible professional can meet the CMS EHR Incentive Program requirements and not leave any money ...

With the government's electronic health records (EHR) incentive program struggling and running low on funds, a broad array of private sector stakeholders, led by the eHealth Initiative (eHI), has ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma on Tuesday announced changes to overhaul the meaningful use EHR incentive program, including equipping patients with access to ...

In a proposed rule released Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services proposes streamlining the current patchwork system of reform used in Medicare payments to physicians. If finalized, ...

Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, a leading supplier of speech solutions, announced that eClinicalWorks, a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market, and McKesson ...

The move from meaningful use to the value-based payment world of MACRA, MIPS, and the APMs is coming into focus. Meaningful use as we knew it changed on April 14, 2015. And what it's becoming is still ...