|
Written by Kaitlyn Dmyterko
ATLANTA--The government's plan for meaningful use with EHR implementations are helpful but might not be entirely feasible, said Michael J. Mirro, MD, of Fort Wayne Cardiology in Indiana, during a discussion of the pros and pitfalls of EHR adoption yesterday at the 59th annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific session.
Ingram Micro has entered into a new distribution agreement with EHR/practice management company NextGen Healthcare Information Systems to recruit, train and support new partners who help providers take advantage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 stimulus payments for health IT adoption.
Written by Neil Versel
A common misconception about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 is that the U.S. government will write checks to thousands of physician practices to purchase EHRs. The reality is that practices will have to acquire, install and then demonstrate meaningful use of EHRs before applying for Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments—meaning the practices will either have to front the money or find a lender.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has sent letters to 31 U.S. hospitals asking about their experiences in implementing health IT under the $19 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). He is seeking to ensure the “effective and efficient use of taxpayer money” in implementing health IT, such as computerized provider order entry systems and EHRs.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) plans to award a contract for a targeted design study to inform the creation of an all-payor, all-claims database of claims records.
David Blumenthal, MD, the national coordinator for health IT, today announced plans to make available $80 million in grants to help develop and strengthen the health IT workforce in the community college setting.
Clinical trial sites that do not adhere to the language written in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 requiring facilities to divulge privacy breaches to their patients, could pay up to a $50,000 penalty per violation.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a $4 million grant to the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) to study the comparative effectiveness of PCI compared with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
In a Wednesday visit to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Md., President Barack Obama announced $5 billion in grant awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund medical research in every state.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is asking for grant and contract proposals for comparative effectiveness research projects that will be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
|
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 administration of President Barack Obama is requesting $911 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in its 2011 federal budget proposal, with an additional $110 million requested for continued health IT efforts.
EHR provider NextGen Healthcare Information Systems has begun its NextGen Certified Health IT Consultant Program, in order to provide NextGen certification training to the health IT consulting community and to regional extension centers on NextGen EHR, NextGen EPM and ancillary modules.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) are encouraging public comment on the two regulations issued Dec. 30 that lay a foundation for meaningful use of certified EHR technology. The regulations will help implement the EHR incentive programs enacted under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is now accepting applications to give $44 million in grants to fund research projects to advance the quality, depth and scale of electronic data collection as a basis for comparative effectiveness research.
A survey from health IT company Ingenix revealed that more than half (58 percent) of 1,001 healthcare professionals surveyed have little to no familiarity with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Kaiser Permanente has received 22 grants worth more than $54 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
The recession has put more people on Medicaid and sharply increased state spending on the program, forcing state officials to cut costs even with help coming from the federal government through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $33 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds with the objective to expand training of healthcare professionals.
Emory University in Atlanta has been a major beneficiary of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
|
RSS 
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).
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.
There are cases presented to all physicians when we have to balance benefits of a particular treatment with concerns around safety for certain patients. In interventional cardiology, we see this dilemma with drug-eluting stents (DES). While this technology provides effective therapy for many patients with ischemia-inducing coronary lesions, there are certain patient groups that encounter problems for different reasons.