Meaningful Use

Collective Reform Program Participation Did Not Improve Health Outcomes

March 1, 2022 - Collective participation in delivery system and payment reform programs, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), was not generally associated with improved health services outcomes in primary care settings, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum. Policymakers have implemented several reform programs to improve primary care...


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How Does Meaningful Use Impact Revenue Cycle Management?

by Jacqueline DiChiara

Several questions are imperative to consider in terms of recent news related to the long-awaited final use for meaningful use modifications and Stage 3 Meaningful Use requirements: How meaningful...

CMS Requests Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Discussion

by Jacqueline DiChiara

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will publish a proposed rule tomorrow (CMS-3321-NC2) requesting information about the implementation of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System...

Considering MACRA’s Effect on Future Meaningful Use Changes

by Jacqueline DiChiara

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed a 60-day period of public commentary regarding the Stage 3 Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive program and the Medicare...

Congress Debates Economic Benefits of EHR Incentive Programs

by Jacqueline DiChiara

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs are failing to prove economically beneficial and impose unreasonable mandates on providers according to members of the Senate Health, Education,...

Affordable Care Act Means Lower Reimbursement for Physicians

by Jacqueline DiChiara

One year after The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) implementation, most physicians urge Congress to overturn the legislation after experiencing lower reimbursement, as reported in a recent physician...

EHR Incentive Payments, Medicare Payment Adjustments in Brief

by Jacqueline DiChiara

The EHR Incentive Programs comprise two distinct programs: one for Medicare and other for Medicaid providers. The Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs grant incentive payments for qualifying...

CMS Announced Possible Changes to EHR Incentive Program

by Ryan Mcaskill

CMS plans to tweak the EHR Incentive program to better align its goals with the feedback it has received from providers. Earlier this week, we reported on the upcoming February 28, deadline for...

Penalties Handed Out to 257K Meaningful Use EPs

by Ryan Mcaskill

CMS announced 257,000 eligible professionals will have Medicare payments altered for failing to meet meaningful use standards. Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced...

Mass Incorrectly Paid $3.3M in EHR Incentive Payments

by Ryan Mcaskill

The Government Accountability Office identified Improper incentive payments as the primary risk to EHR incentive programs. According to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services...

Meaningful Use Hardship Exemption Period Reopened

by Elizabeth Snell

In an effort to relieve more physicians who are struggling to meet reporting mandates, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced earlier this week that it reopened the meaningful...

OIG: La. overpaid $1.8 million in meaningful use incentives

by Elizabeth Snell

The Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals was one of the first state organizations to pay EHR incentive payments. In fact, Louisiana made approximately $93 million in Medicaid EHR Incentive...