New PCMH Tools & Resources from NextGen Healthcare
NextGen Healthcare is pleased to announce new tools and resources to assist clients in leveraging our pre-validated NCQA PCMH autocredit and to more easily…
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February 29 Deadline to Register Intent for Public Health Reporting (MU 2016)
NextGen Healthcare clients who are returning meaningful users in 2016 have until February 29, 2016 to meet the “active engagement” requirement for Stage 2…
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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…
Read MoreCMS 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The House recently passed (and President Obama promptly vetoed) legislation by a 240-181 vote that would have repealed much of The Affordable Care Act…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”),…
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