Here’s your MACRA primer (and don’t worry, it doesn’t ‘kill’ Meaningful Use)
The best way to view MACRA is as an evolution - not an end to - Meaningful Use.
The best way to view MACRA is as an evolution - not an end to - Meaningful Use.
CMS made this move to encourage interoperability that supports care coordination and smoother transitions. During a well-attended session at HIMSS16, acting CMS administrator emphasized this point.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
CMS announced the move in an e-mail sent to providers and health IT vendors late Thursday.
If you're not familiar with the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act yet, it’s time to get up to speed.
EHR vendors are, and will continue to be, the technology backbone of our health systems. Their fight, however, is in continuing to be much more than that.
Dr. Linda Girgis and Dr. Peter Basch join MedCity News' Neil Versel
Last week, CMS’s acting administrative director Andy Slavitt made an announcement that the Meaningful Use(MU) Program as we know it is effectively over. Many people rejoiced at the “death” of MU. They failed to listen to all of his words. He did not say that MU is dead. He said it is being replaced with something […]
The Meaningful Use rules still, by law, account for 25 percent of physician scores in the new MIPS program, and EHR certification remains in place.
Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt has shaken the health IT universe this week.
Given the recent comments of CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt at the J.P. Morgan Annual Health Care Conference, we remain optimistic.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt said more news would be forthcoming March 25.
And no, Watson, will not replace clinicians.
2015 was a savage journey to the heart of the Health IT Dream.
Let's make 2016 the year that patients and doctors take back medicine.
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