On Jan. 11, the first day of J.P. Morgan’s 34th Annual Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt said, “The Meaningful ...

Letters sent Monday to U.S. House and U.S. Senate leadership from the AMA and 110 other medical groups and associations aired grievances about meaningful use stage three and warned lawmakers about the ...

Many clinicians and hospitals have asked me about the exact steps to obtain stimulus payments. On January 3, 2011, CMS began registering clinicians for participation in meaningful use programs. Every ...

The meaningful use program is on the cusp of major changes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt said late Monday, adding that 2016 would likely see the end ...

The Meaningful Use program is ending after all. Sort of. A new plan to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) would effectively replace Meaningful Use for ...

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 relief ...

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 ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services has released its final rules for changes to stages 1 and 2 of the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program, stage 3 requirements, and 2015 EHR ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) set aside nearly $20 billion in federal incentive payments to healthcare providers and organizations who adopt electronic health record (EHR) ...

Delay Stage 3 meaningful use until 2017 and take time to do it right, urges Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee. Alexander, who made his plea in a press statement released Wednesday, ...

April 28, 2010 — Editor's note: Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), Medicare- and ...