Improving Health for Populations and Communities Quickinar Have you avoided the 2013 ePrescribe (eRX) payment adjustment? Are you unsure? If so, please join the QIO for a Quickinar session to learn what you need to do NOW before the June 30,2012 deadline. Featured Speakers: Betty Wimbley, MPM, BS Quality Specialist, FMQAI The Medicare Quality Improvement […]

CMS is holding a National Provider Call on Thursday, June 7, from 1:30 – 3:00 pm EDT for eligible professionals (EPs) to learn about registration and attestation for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. This is the last year EPs can earn the full Medicare incentive payment. Join the call to […]

All HIPAA-covered entities were required to upgrade to Version 5010 by January 1, 2012. However, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) initiated an enforcement discretion period to give the industry additional time to complete testing and for vendors to complete software installation. At this point, your upgrade to Version 5010 should be complete. […]

A UCF College of Medicine team that is helping local physicians adopt electronic health records (EHR) honored eight doctors on February 27 as Meaningful Use Vanguards (MUVers) for their efforts in improving patient care by adopting paperless systems and reaching meaningful use in the move toward an electronically-enabled healthcare system. Dr. Deborah German, vice president […]

2/23/12: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the proposed rules for Stage 2 Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records. Read the full press release from the CMS website below. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced a proposed rule for Stage 2 requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive […]

11/30/11:  In order to accelerate the use of Health Information Technology, the Department of Health and Human Services is taking new steps to encourage physicians and hospitals to use health information technology to lower costs, improve quality, and create jobs. Read below for the actual press release from the Department of Health and Human Services retrieved from http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/11/20111130a.html: Health […]

The UCF College of Medicine Regional Extension Center (REC) is now fully operational. The REC is meeting with healthcare providers across Central Florida to assist them in selecting, contracting, developing and effectively using electronic health records (EHR’s) to improve patient care. The REC’s initial goal is to provide technical assistance to 1,400 primary care providers […]