CMS Extends Deadlines for 2015 MU and PQRS Filings
Please review information below regarding CMS filing extensions for 2015 Meaningful Use and 2015 PQRS Meaningful Use (2015) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
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CMS Releases Application & Guidance for 2015 MU Hardship Exceptions
On Friday, January 22, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new application and instructions for meaningful use hardship exceptions. These…
Read MoreCMS Clarifies Its Intentions Regarding MU Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Andy Slavitt and The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC )head…
Read MoreCritical MU and PQRS Deadlines! Webinar follow up materials
If you weren’t able to attend the January 21, 2016 Health Reform Simplified webinar, Mu Rumors, 2015 Attestation, 2016 Reporting Periods, you can replay…
Read MoreDoes CMS Plan to Phase Out Meaningful Use?
Recent comments by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt have been broadly reported to signal more changes to…
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Deadline to Register Intent for Public Health Reporting (MU 2016)
Providers planning to attest to meaningful use (MU) for a full year in 2016 have until February 29, 2016 to actively engage with a…
Read MorePresident Obama vetoes bill aiming to repeal key parts of ACA and defund Planned Parenthood
The House recently passed (and President Obama promptly vetoed) legislation by a 240-181 vote that would have repealed much of The Affordable Care Act…
Read MoreCMS Tip Sheet clarifies Meaningful Use HIE options
A new tip sheet from CMS provides clarifications on the modified Stage 2 Health Information Exchange (HIE) objective (formerly known as “Summary of Care”),…
Read MoreLast Chance to perform 2015 Security Risk Analysis
On a recent CMS/ONC eHealth Vendor Workgroup call, government representatives stated providers have until the 2015 meaningful use attestation deadline (February 29, 2016) to…
Read MorePresident Obama signs new law to expand 2015 meaningful use hardship exceptions
On December 28, President Obama signed The Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, passed on December 18 by both houses of Congress. The new…
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