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Legal Alert!
Electronic Health Records Incentives Registration
Starts January 3, 2011 |
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Registration for the
Medicare EHR incentive program began on January 3, 2011.
Eligible hospitals and professionals (collectively
referred to as “Eligible Providers”) interested in
receiving EHR incentive payments must register at
https://ehrincentives.cms.gov/hitech/login.action.
As a reminder, under the
HITECH Act, Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments
will be available to eligible professionals and
hospitals when they adopt certified EHR technology and
successfully demonstrate “meaningful use” of the
technology.
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Legal Alert!
Hospitals Face New Legal Obligations In The First
Quarter of 2011 |
With the new year comes a
number of new legal and operational considerations for
hospitals. As noted below, we have addressed many of
these matters in previous alerts. Nevertheless, given
the large number of tasks to consider, we thought a
reminder would be helpful.
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Legal Alert!
Federal EHR Incentive Program |
On July 28, 2010, final
regulations implementing electronic health record
("EHR") incentive programs under the Federal HITECH Act were
published. These new regulations establish the
requirements for hospitals, physicians and certain other
health care providers to receive federal incentive funds
for their purchase, implementation and use of EHR
systems.
New York clients
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A copy of the recent
regulations can be obtained from the following websites:
- For a copy of the
EHR Standards and Certification Rule,
Click Here.
- For a copy of the
EHR Meaningful Use Regulations,
Click Here.
- For a copy of the
Meaningful Use Objectives and Associated Measures
Chart,
Click Here.
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