Are Your Providers Eligible for Meaningful Use Attestation?
Thursday, March 29th, 2012Questions come in from Practice Managers all the time in regards to Meaningful Use and how to register, attest and obtain incentives. If you are wondering who is an eligible physician for attestation, here is the list provided by CMS: Who is an Eligible Professional under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program? Eligible professionals under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program include: Doctor of medicine or osteopathy Doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine Doctor of podiatry Doctor of optometry Chiropractor Who is an Eligible Professional under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program? Eligible professionals under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program include: Physicians [...]
Your EMR Vendor Cannot Satisfy Your Meaningful Use Measure 15 Requirements
Thursday, March 15th, 2012I am finding that some medical practices mistakenly believe that their EMR vendor is taking care of the requirements of Meaningful Use Measure 15. This is simply NOT true. In fact, it’s not possible for an EMR vendor to take care of MU #15 because the measure requires more than what an EMR vendor can do. Most importantly, your EMR vendor cannot supply an analysis of your overall risk, nor can they identify security deficiencies, because these things go beyond the EMR by requiring an analysis of overall practice policies. This analysis is a collective effort with the burden being [...]
Help is Here for Performing Your HIPAA Security Risk Assessment
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012This week I’m pleased to introduce you to my business partner Kelly McLendon. Kelly is the owner of CompliancePro Solutions™ and has created a software tool for the HIPAA security gap assessment required under Meaningful Use. RM: Kelly, can you tell us a little more about the software tool you’ve created? KM: Yes. Our HIPAA Privacy and Security Gap Assessment software was created to help medical providers who are attesting to Meaningful Use fulfill the requirements of Measure 15. This is an Excel-based assessment tool that evaluates the state of your Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to identify any potential [...]
Meaningful Use Tip – You Must Update Policies & Procedures Before Attesting to Meaningful Use
Thursday, February 16th, 2012It has been scary here lately to hear Practice Managers answering Yes that they comply with questions for the Security Risk Analysis that is required for Meaningful Use Measure #15 in order to attest. Many of them are stating Yes that they have performed the Security Risk Analysis and know their internal processes for security; however, do not have those processes or policies written. You should know this: Policies and Procedures and Documentation Requirements are part of the Final Rule; and in paraphrasing CFR 164.316(a) you MUST maintain site specific policies and procedures documentation that defines how your organization will [...]
Practice Manager Survey Results – Impact of Meaningful Use and Electronic Health Record Implementation
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012For this week’s Meaningful Use tip I’d like to share with you the results of the Practice Manager Survey we conducted during January. The following are the six survey questions along with a summary of responses: What were your biggest challenges in 2011? 28% – keeping up with changes in compliance measures 28% – transitioning to an EHR/EMR system 14% – managing expenses 30% – miscellaneous “other” items What do you foresee as your biggest challenge in 2012? 57% – transitioning to an EHR/EMR system 43% – preparing for ICD 10 – 5010 migration What’s your main focus for your [...]
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