Congress could potentially bring some relief to medical practices currently attesting to Meaningful Use Stage 2. Last week, Representative Tom Price (R-GA) proposed the Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015, which would "authorize a blanket Meaningful Use significant hardship exemption for the 2015 reporting period due to the delay in timely publication of the Stage 2 Meaningful Use rule."

Last week we held a webinar intended to help with your Meaningful Use process: Troubleshooting Your Meaningful Use Reports. Unsurprisingly, many of you had several questions regarding Meaningful Use as we understand that this can be a complicated process at times. To help make your attestation process easier, we've answered the most frequently asked Meaningful Use questions and have split it up into a four-part series Our hope is that this can be a resource for your practice moving forward in your Meaningful Use attestation, no matter which stage you're currently at.

Last week we held a webinar intended to help with your Meaningful Use process: Troubleshooting Your Meaningful Use Reports. Unsurprisingly, many of you had several questions regarding Meaningful Use as we understand that this can be a complicated process at times. To help make your attestation process easier, we've answered the most frequently asked Meaningful Use questions and have split it up into a four-part series. Our hope is that this can be a resource for your practice moving forward in your Meaningful Use attestation, no matter which stage you're currently at.

Last week we held a webinar intended to help with your Meaningful Use process: Troubleshooting Your Meaningful Use Reports. Unsurprisingly, many of you had several questions regarding Meaningful Use as we understand that this can be a complicated process at times. To help make your attestation process easier, we've answered the most frequently asked Meaningful Use questions and have split it up into a four-part series. Our hope is that this can be a resource for your practice moving forward in your Meaningful Use attestation, no matter which stage you're currently at.

The days before October 1 represented a stressful time for many medical practices. Questions of how the ICD-10 transition permeated across the country with many practitioners wondering how the new coding system would affect their respective clinics and impact their revenues. Now, a month after the transition, data has been released that could provide some clear answers to those very questions. Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a public statement detailing metrics for Medicare fee-for-service payments throughout the first few weeks of ICD-10.

The stakes for healthcare security have never been higher, yet healthcare organizations and EHR companies struggle to maintain compliance with an ever-increasing number of requirements and regulations — like the upcoming third stage of Meaningful Use.

These days it seems like we are all living in a world ruled by social media, where constantly sharing every little detail of their lives has become the new normal for many people—Facebook status updates, Tweets, Instagram photos and videos of kids, pets, food… you name it. As a result, the use of social media marketing has become a necessity for today’s businesses, both large and small. And healthcare practices are no exception.

Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted an FAQ webpage on their site with the aim of clarifying the Public Health Reporting Objective (PHRO) Alternate Exclusions for EPs and hospitals that are attesting to Stage 1 and Stage 2 of Meaningful Use in 2015.