Before considering these changes, it’s important to remember that the Meaningful Use program was included in the HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The EHR Incentive Program, often dubbed "Meaningful Use", has been surrounded by questions and confusion among anesthesiologists and practice administrators since its inception. Currently, the ...

In a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, four Senate Republicans expressed concern over issues related to the adoption of electronic health records through CMS and ONC's meaningful use ...

Also challenging McCleese under the current meaningful use program: MACRA and meaningful use, going forward, require electronic reporting of quality measures, but various EHR software, including ...

The strict rules of the Meaningful Use (MU) program are preventing physicians from participating, according to the American Medical Association, which is calling for more flexibility and some ...

The American Medical Association has asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to pause its meaningful use program, due to the risk it places on a health system's ability to carry out new models of ...

Private sector executives are calling for changes in the meaningful use program but want to work with the government on IT-enabled delivery system reform.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma on Tuesday announced changes to overhaul the meaningful use EHR incentive program, including equipping patients with access to ...

According to an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, Anesthesiologists are automatically exempt from the meaningful use requirement and from penalties in 2015 as long as they have registered in ...

Several times a week I am asked the following question: “What is the absolutely last drop dead date an eligible professional can meet the CMS EHR Incentive Program requirements and not leave any ...

The first program will be the registration of qualified Careington providers to enroll in the process of meaningful use compliance. The second program, scheduled to begin in early 2013, will invite ...