HIMSS

ICD-10 code freeze to offer a brief reprieve

Last month the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a freeze on the code for ICD-9 and ICD-10. After the annual code update scheduled for Oct. 1, 2011, the next regular...

Health IT meets quality measurement on HIMSS’ Quality 101 website

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently launched the Quality 101 website, a resource for information about the basics of quality measurement and improvement. The website "provides a structured collection of resources...

More hospital-based docs now eligible for HITECH Act reimbursement

Federal legislation has modified the definition of "hospital-based physician" to make a much greater number of doctors eligible for meaningful use reimbursements under the HITECH Act.

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Thoughts on meaningful use criteria, EHR certification

Today marks the end of the public comment period for the proposed meaningful use criteria drafted late last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...