By Robert Hudock, on July 30th, 2009
Print This PostOffice of the National Coordinator (“ONC”) for Health Information Technology health IT policy committee voted on July 16, 2009 to accept itsworkgroup’s matrix of qualifications that will be used to define “meaningful use” of health IT. Compliance with ONC’s definition of “meaningful use” is essential to reimbursement bonuses and avoiding penalties under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Bonuses will begin in 2011 (maximum bonus payments for the implementation of a qualified EHR can be collected where an EHR is implemented no later 2012) thereafter the amount of bonus payments will be reduced with each subsequent year. Penalties will begin accruing 2017 for Medicare and Medicaid providers who have failed to implement a qualified EHR. A qualified EHR under ARA is essentially an EHR that meets the Government’s tortured definition of meaningful [...]
By Robert Hudock, on July 30th, 2009
Print This PostFTC Announced today –
To assist small businesses and other entities, the Federal Trade Commission staff will redouble its efforts to educate them about compliance with the “Red Flags” Rule and ease compliance by providing additional resources and guidance to clarify whether businesses are covered by the Rule and what they must do to comply. To give creditors and financial institutions more time to review this guidance and develop and implement written Identity Theft Prevention Programs, the FTC will further delay enforcement of the Rule until November 1, [...]
Are ONC’s Meaningful Use Requirements Workable?
Office of the National Coordinator (“ONC”) for Health Information Technology health IT policy committee voted on July 16, 2009 to accept itsworkgroup’s matrix of qualifications that will be used to define “meaningful use” of health IT. Compliance with ONC’s definition of “meaningful use” is essential to reimbursement bonuses and avoiding penalties under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Bonuses will begin in 2011 (maximum bonus payments for the implementation of a qualified EHR can be collected where an EHR is implemented no later 2012) thereafter the amount of bonus payments will be reduced with each subsequent year. Penalties will begin accruing 2017 for Medicare and Medicaid providers who have failed to implement a qualified EHR. A qualified EHR under ARA is essentially an EHR that meets the Government’s tortured definition of meaningful [...]