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Sunday, March 14, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Dr. David Blumenthal, national coordinator for Health IT, has had a busy year, primarily working with other governmental agencies to help implement provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 that deal with defining and funding the adoption of EHRs. In December, he announced the long-awaited interim definition of “meaningful use,” which describes who is eligible for stimulus dollars, as well as the necessary functions of the EHR for a facility or practice to be considered eligible by CMS for funding.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added new information to the Hospital Compare Web site that reports how frequently patients return to a hospital after being discharged, as a possible indicator of how well the facility did the first time around.
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A telebriefing by American College of Cardiology officials emphasized several aspects of ACC.10, including thought-provoking keynote addresses, late-breaking clinical trials that could hold important significance and a potentially robust discussion of healthcare reform straight from Capitol Hill.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a 21.5 percent rate reduction for the 2010 calendar year to more than one million physicians and non-physician practitioners who are paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
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Middle age introduces itself in many ways; one is atrial fibrillation (AF). My onset of AF seems to have coincided with a mountain bike accident in the woods of North Carolina that resulted in some cracked ribs.
The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).