HHS announced final ruling for ACO

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final ruling last week for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The proposed ruling was initially released in March and after public comment period, some significant changes were made and released last Thursday.
Within the 696 page document, there are sections that outline the measures on which reporting will be [...]

Part 2 of Core Measures Analysis

After reviewing the remainder of the core set measures in the meaningful use. We continue the analysis, but the review of the analysis.
There are additional measures that are referred to as “Menu Set”… Read More

Reda Chouffani is the Co-Founder of Biz Technology Solutions, Inc and an active Healthcare Information Technology writer for Healthcare IT Insider and TechTarget’s [...]

Part 1 of Final Meaningful Use Analysis

After over 2,000 public comments received on the initially proposed meaningful use ruling released back in January of 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services delivered the final regulations that will govern the initial 2 years of the Medicare/Medicaid incentive program during 2011/2012. Read More

Reda Chouffani is a writer for Healthcare IT Insider,
as well [...]

Published Meaningful Use and Certification Program

On July 28th,  two of the most anticipated federal rules meaningful use and certification ruling have been trimmed down and published. After careful review of the final ruling, many of criteria seem to have changed but eligible physicians, and payment structure remains the same.
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Reda Chouffani is the Co-Founder [...]

“Meaningful Use” Has Come to Stay

First, what is meaningful use? For me it has two definitions.
A couple of months ago I was explaining to my wife the definition of EHR “meaningful use” over dinner. She was nodding her head and seemingly listening more intently than normal to my work-related subject.  As soon as I was done talking, she quickly said [...]