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You might have not noticed in the last blog post that there is a provision in the Pennsylvania Notice regarding electronic health records.  The Notice does not establish a fee for electronic health records.  Rather it states that the cost for production of health records in an electronic format shall not exceed the cost of…

It is ironic to learn the Office of Inspector General (OIG) believes the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) essentially has an insufficient compliance program to maintain the privacy and security of the protected health information (PHI) hosted by electronic health records (EHR).

In an August 2014 report (A-06-11-00063), OIG concluded…

Eligible professionals (EPs) must successfully e-prescribe for Medicare patients 10 times before June 30, 2011 using claims-based reporting to avoid the penalty in 2012. Earning the e-prescribing incentive for 2011 will not necessarily exempt an EP or group practice from the 1 percent penalty starting on January 1, 2012. For 2013, the 1.5 percent penalty is based…

  Thanks to the commenters of the linkedIn Health Innovations Group for highlighting the Harvard study concluding that hospital computing modestly improves processes, juxtaposed with CMS announcement of intent to publish EMR incentive payment  and meaningful use regs in early January.

http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2009-31217_PI.pdf

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