Read more →
 
 

RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE FOLLOWED BY MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS

Medical transcriptionists need to follow some codes of ethics forprotecting the privacy and confidentiality of the patient information. In thisarticle; we look at these codes of ethics and understand how they affect themedical transcriptionists. Medical transcription business is a highly demanding affair which deals withprotecting the personal information of patients in a highly secure manner. The codes of ethics have been designed insuch a manner that they are applicable to [...]

 

Read more →
 
 

CMS releases meaningful use proposed rule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has laid out the details for how it will raise the bar for healthcare providers to qualify for incentives with the release Feb. 23 of its proposed rule for Stage 2 of meaningful use of electronic health records. Among its provisions, CMS will delay the start of Stage 2 until 2014 instead of 2013. As expected, the next stage of meaningful use builds [...]

 

Read more →
 
 

'Meaningful use' readiness drops among hospital CIOs

Hospital CIOs are rapidly losing confidence in their organization’s ability to qualify early for federal subsidies for “meaningful use” of EMRs, according to an updated survey from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. In a November survey, results of which were released last week, just 15 percent of the 191 CHIME members queried said they expected to qualify for the Medicare and Medicaid bonus payments in the first half [...]

 

Read more →
 
 

U.S. Lays out Incentives in Health Reform Law

WASHINGTON  – The U.S. government Friday laid out incentives for states and people to participate in health insurance exchanges, including tax credits and funding grants for the states.The health regulators also clarified how they will decide who is eligible to participate in the exchanges, a key program under President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul.The exchanges are envisioned as open marketplaces of competing insurance plans that allow uninsured people and small businesses [...]

 

Read more →
 
 

Apple iPad application certified for "meaningful use"

A company specializing in digital medical applications via cloud computing has announced that its free Apple iPad app has been certified for “meaningful use” by physicians as an electronic health records (EHR) platform. InfoGard, a Health and Human Services-authorized testing body, determined that the drchrono app meets the meaningful use criteria laid out in the 2009 stimulus act to encourage adoption of electronic medical record systems, making its use eligible [...]