CMS has issued an extension for EHR Attestation. Contact your UCF REC account manager for assistance or if you have any questions on your how to complete your attestation by March 31, 2014.   UCF REC 407.309.4789   CMS is extending the deadline for eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare EHR […]

January 15, 2014 | By Dan Bowman   National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo has wasted no time sharing her thoughts on the direction of ONC’s work under her tenure. At Tuesday’s Health IT Policy Committee meeting, DeSalvo, one day after taking office, said she believes ONC’s next phase will focus on harnessing health IT for, […]

Dear Colleague, Happy New Year to all our providers and partners! As we begin 2014, we are ready to embrace the challenges and opportunities ahead in emerging Health IT, Meaningful Use (MU) and evolving healthcare delivery models for transforming and improving the quality of healthcare in Florida. I’m writing to inform you of three important […]

Orlando (January 10, 2013)­ –The UCF REC announced today that Peggy Reineking will be joining the REC as a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Specialist. Reineking who served as the Director of Recognition Program Operations for the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) will be supporting the PCMH team as a Certified Content Expert. Her […]

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT is holding its Annual Meeting January 23-24, 2013 at the Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C. Visit http://www.healthit.gov/oncmeeting/ for the program agenda. If you are interested in attending the training day on January 24, 2014, please register as soon as possible as space is limited. If you […]

January 6, 2014, 2:00 pm / Jacob Reider, MD / Acting National Coordinator for Health Information Technology   The New Year is a time of reflection and anticipation. We reflect on what went well in the past (and perhaps what didn’t go so well); we anticipate future challenges and accomplishments. As I reflect on the past, I can […]

Out of control healthcare spending in the U.S. is no secret. Annually, healthcare expenditures currently stand at a whopping $2.7 trillion, a number that has industry leaders rushing to take new cost-cutting measures. One of those measures involves displaying the costs of laboratory tests in an electronic health record so docs can see a real-time price comparison […]

Four out of five healthcare providers will not complete ICD-10 business changes and begin testing before 2014 hits, according to an ICD-10 readiness survey conducted by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange. The results of the survey, which was conducted in October, determined that, as a whole, the healthcare industry is “far behind” milestones suggested by the timeline developed […]

The Western New York Beacon Community is touting its success in using technology to provide measurable results in controlling diabetes and improve communication, care coordination and patient engagement. And it wasn’t all about technology. WNY Beacon worked with individual physician practices to improve their processes and workflow, positioning them to take advantage of the technology […]

Recently CMS and ONC announced a new timeline that will extend Stage 2 through 2016 and Stage 3 would not begin until 2017. This will allow for more time to develop standards for Stage 3.   How does that affect practices for 2014? There are no changes for 2014.  All providers regardless of whether they […]