Monthly Archives: September 2010
Non-Profit Health Care Provider and Landmark EMR Decision
Last Wednesday, a press conference was held in which Kaiser Permanente was thanked for donating its CMT technology for open access. Kathleen Sebelius, HHS Secretary and Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer recognized that this Convergent Medical Technology landmark decision … Continue reading
CMS funds $7 million for EMR adoption
$6.9 million is being divided among Ohio, North Dakota, Hawaii and Massachusetts in order to assist in the facilitation of electronic medical records (EMR) adoption. The funds have been provided by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as an … Continue reading
Practices without EMR in Place by 2015 to be Financially Penalized
By 2015, medical practices, including hospitals and physicians offices without electronic records will be financially penalized by receiving a lesser Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rate. There are also other considerations on the table that will make it more difficult for … Continue reading