Stay informed on important updates regarding Health IT in Massachusetts by frequently checking this page. We will routinely post announcements on program updates, new and revised regulations, deadlines and extensions, and other relevant notices.
Source: Massachusetts eHealth Institute
BOSTON – During an event today at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Kendall Square, the Baker-Polito Administration awarded a $100,000 grant providing seed funding for AGENCY, a new coworking innovation hub for collective impact where entrepreneurs, enterprises, elders, and experts can work side-by-side to explore and apply ideas for aging populations around the globe.
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Grant from Mass. eHealth Institute brings Commonwealth’s Funding to $240,000 Over Past 3 Years
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When patients elect to Opt Out of participating in electronic access to their Health Information, this impacts a provider’s ability to meet two related Meaningful Use Modified Stage 2* measures:
Learn MoreSource: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
In 2016, CMS will apply a negative payment adjustment to individual eligible professionals (EPs), Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) practice sites, and group practices participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) group practice reporting option (GPRO) (including Accountable Care
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Discontinuation of NIST EHR-Randomizer Application; Effective July 1
To keep you updated with information on the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, CMS has recently updated an FAQ about the Stage 2 Summary of Care objective. We encourage you to stay informed by taking a few minutes to review the new information below.
Source: MassHealth EHR Incentive Program
The deadline for Eligible Professionals to attest for the 2014 Medicaid EHR Incentive Program is June 24, 2015. We encourage you to submit your application early.
For more information on attestation, please visit these websites:
Learn MoreSource: Massachusetts eHealth Institute
MeHI is pleased to announce the release of four videos, which highlight the positive ways Health IT impacts care across Massachusetts from the providers' perspective.
Learn MoreSource: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Eligible professionals now have until 11:59 pm ET on March 20, 2015, to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program 2014 reporting year.
Learn MoreSource: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
If you are an eligible professional participating in the Medicare or Medicaid EHR Incentive Program and are planning to meet one of the Stage 2 public health measures, the deadline to register your intent to initiate ongoing submission with your public health agency (PHA), program, or other body
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If you are an eligible professional participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, you have until February 28, 2015 to attest to demonstrating meaningful use of the data collected during your EHR reporting period for the 2014 calendar year.
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