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Meaningful Use
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Medicaid & Medicare: A Legal Blog
Meaningful Use Increases Audits
Today I want to discuss EHR – electronic health records and RAC audits. We all remember the government pushing providers into purchasing EHR. It’s known as the meaningful use (MU)…
Health Law | STAT
CMS Overhauls Meaningful Use Program
By Drew Gantt, Brian E. Extein
On April 24, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) made major changes to the electronic health record (“EHR”) Meaningful Use Program. Issued as part of a proposed rule…
Health Law Update
OIG Report Estimates CMS Paid Millions in Erroneous Meaningful Use Incentives
By Kyle Gregory, Vimala Devassy
On June 12, 2017 the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report entitled Medicare Paid Hundreds of Millions in Electronic Health Record Incentive…
Healthcare Law Insights
OIG Turns Focus to Providers for Improper Meaningful Use Payments
On June 12, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a report with the objective of determining whether the Centers for Medicare &…
Covington Digital Health
Vote on HHS Secretary Nomination Expected as Early as this Week; Nomination Hearings Included Little Discussion of Health IT
By Covington Digital Health Team
The full Senate could vote as early as this week on the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
Health Care Law Matters
Upcoming Deadline to Apply for ‘Hardship Exception’ to 2015 Meaningful Use Requirements — July 1, 2016
The deadline for providers to file a hardship exception application to the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use requirements for the 2015 reporting period is July 1, 2016. If you…
Healthcare Law Blog
CMS Grants Extension to Apply for 2015 Meaningful Use Hardship Exemption
By Sheppard Mullin, Ethan Stanislawski
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") continues to work to ensure it is responsive to providers who tried to meet meaningful use standards in 2015 but faced hardships…
Covington Digital Health
CMS Extends Meaningful Use Attestation Deadline
By Covington Digital Health Team
On February 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the attestation deadline for health-care providers in the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Meaningful Use program. Originally, providers were…
Covington Digital Health
CMS Launches Streamlined Application for Meaningful Use Hardship Exceptions
On January 22, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced the launch of a new, streamlined application process for providers and hospitals seeking a hardship exception from…
Healthcare Law Insights
CMS to rewrite the rules of EHR meaningful use
By Julie Sullivan, David Solberg
Recent remarks made by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt at a healthcare conference indicated that CMS will be ending the “meaningful use” electronic health…