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Practice Fusion · February 16, 2016
Latest Meaningful Use Updates and Attestation Deadlines
CMS recently released important changes to the Meaningful Use program that take effect for reporting in 2015 and beyond. As part of these changes, the original Stage 2 Menu Measure 6: Report Specific Cases has been updated to become one of three measures of Stage...
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Practice Fusion · January 28, 2016
Meaningful Use Final Rule: Alternate exclusion and hardship exception
CMS has clarified the exclusions and hardship exceptions for Meaningful Use Final Rule for 2015, 2016 and 2017.
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Sophie Scheidlinger · January 22, 2016
CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt, MACRA, and Meaningful Use 3: The Practice Fusion perspective
If you haven’t heard by now, CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt’s presentation at the J.P. Morgan Annual Health Care Conference set the industry abuzz. Perhaps due to all the speculation this speech created, he then released a blog post with Acting Assistant Secretary for Health...
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Practice Fusion · January 21, 2016
Medicare Incentive Program payment adjustments
Recent communications from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS) have begun to address the transition from the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program to the Merit Incentive Payment System (MIPS). As of right now, however, the existing regulations for Meaningful Use (including Meaningful Use...
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Sophie Scheidlinger · January 5, 2016
Meaningful Use Stage 2 measures are now Stage 2 objectives
CMS has amended Meaningful Use Stage 2 for the 2015 reporting period and beyond. Practices that are reporting for Stage 2 in 2015 will now report on the reduced Stage 2 objectives based on the new CMS requirements.
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