According to the PA Department of Welfare website, Pennsylvania’s EHR Incentive program has paid $13.4 million to eligible hospitals and $6.1 million to eligible professionals since its launch on June 6, 2011.
Link to Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment Program Resources for Pennsylvania (for applications and user guides): http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/provider/healthcaremedicalassistance/medicalassistancehealthinformationtechnologyinitiative/maprovincentiverepos/index.htm
Generally, providers can only participate in either the Medicare or Medicaid EHR incentive program each year.
The following is an outline of which providers are eligible for the Medicare or Medicaid EHR incentive program:
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For the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, eligible participants include:
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1. Failure to Begin with the End in Mind. The most important provisions of your employment contract will be the provisions governing your termination rights, for two reasons. First, if the relationship goes well, chances are the contract will never be read again. However, if there is a dispute, both parties will be reading the contract looking…
HEALTHCARE FUTURES — CONSIDERATIONS & IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS
Health Care Reform: What’s up next for Employers?
Emerging health care reform mandates, regulations and guidelines are driving numerous changes to employer health benefits. Having dealt with the initial administration compliance requirements, employers are now turning their attention to the longer-term issues included in reform.Continue Reading REGISTER NOW – 2011 Symposium – HEALTHCARE FUTURES — CONSIDERATIONS & IMPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS
The members of Western Pennsylvania chapter of the Health Information Management Systems Society ("WPHIMSS") have elected board members for the 2011-2012 session. Tucker Arensberg, P.C. attorney Lee Kim has been elected as a board member at-large.
More specifically, the following individuals have been elected to provide chapter leadership for the fiscal year of July …
If you’re a provider or supplier that furnishes the technical component of advanced diagnostic imaging (ADI) services and bill Medicare under the Physician Fee Schedule for these services, you should know that you must be accredited by Sun Jan 1, 2012. Those not accredited by that deadline will not be able to bill Medicare …
Target Audience:
Eligible Professionals (EPs): Doctors of Medicine or Osteopathy, Doctors of Dental Surgery or Dental Medicine, Doctors of Podiatric Medicine, Doctors of Optometry, Chiropractors, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Physician Assistants (PA) who practice at an FQHC/RHC led by a PA.
Subject: A session for individual practitioners on the basics of the Medicare…
An interim final rule has been recently published for "Adoption of Operating Rules for Eligibility for a Health Plan and Health Care Claim Status Transactions." Section 1104 of the Affordable Care Act establishes new requirements for administrative transactions that will improve the utility of the existing HIPAA transactions and reduce administrative costs.
This interim final…
HHS has awarded a contract to KPMG to aid the Office of Civil Rights to provide assistance in operating an audit program to ensure that healthcare providers, health plans, and business associates are compliant with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule.
From the FBO.gov contract award notice:
"The protocol and audit program performance requested under this contract …
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Dr. Richard Allen Kaye, the Medical Director of Sentara Obisi Hospital, in Suffolk, VA was indicted by a federal grand jury for disclosing patient identifiable information in violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The indictment accuses Dr. Kaye of disclosing patient information without authorization to an agent of the…
