New Toolkit Provides Guidelines for EHR Amendments
AHIMA has published a new toolkit, “Amendments in the Electronic Health Record,” that provides guidance on how to maintain the integrity and accuracy of an electronic health record system (EHR) when...
View ArticleHHS Warns Hospital Groups on EHR Fraudulent Billing
Federal officials have sent a letter to several healthcare associations warning their members that the use of electronic health record (EHR) systems to “upcode” and inflate medical bills will result in...
View ArticleInterim Final Rule on EFT and ERA Available for Public Comment
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an interim administrative simplification final rule for electronic funds transfers (EFT) and remittance advice (ERA) transactions. The...
View ArticleProviders Turn to Portals to Meet Patient Demand, Meaningful Use
With the recent release of the stage 2 “meaningful use” EHR Incentive Program measures and standards, new challenges and exciting opportunities are knocking at healthcare providers’ and vendors’ doors....
View ArticleCMS Proposes One Year ICD-10 Compliance Delay
A proposed rule has been released by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for a one year delay of the ICD-10-CM/PCS compliance deadline. The rule would push the compliance date from...
View ArticleHealth Plan Identifiers Proposed for Insurers
Although the ICD-10 compliance delay grabbed most the headlines, the proposed rule in which the ICD-10 delay was nestled also calls for standardized health plan identifiers. In the proposed rule...
View ArticleIndustry Debates Necessity for ICD-10 Delay
Debate has followed the proposed delay of ICD-10, with the healthcare industry arguing whether the call to push back compliance to Oct. 1, 2014 was a political move aimed at appeasing powerful sectors...
View ArticleACA Ruling Maintains Medicare Accountable Care Organizations
On June 28 the Supreme Court of the United States upheld certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the healthcare reform legislation passed in 2010. Several pieces of...
View ArticleNQF Releases Updated Quality Data Model
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has posted to its Web site an updated version of its Quality Data Model (QDM) and Style Guide, currently available for public comment until July 16. The QDM is an...
View ArticleWhat’s the Delay in the ICD-10 Delay?
Just when the Department of Health and Human Services will announce its final decision on a delay for ICD-10-CM/PCS compliance is the question on many minds lately. While a firm announcement date has...
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