Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (Cms) (2018 Edition)


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Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule implements the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub. L. 111-5) that provide incentive payments to eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs that adopt and successfully demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. This final rule specifies-the initial criteria EPs, eligible hospitals, and CAHs must meet in order to qualify for an incentive payment; calculation of the incentive payment amounts; payment adjustments under Medicare for covered professional services and inpatient hospital services provided by EPs, eligible hospitals and CAHs failing to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology; and other program participation requirements. Also, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will be issuing a closely related final rule that specifies the Secretary's adoption of an initial set of standards, implementation, specifications, and certification criteria for electronic health records. ONC has also issued a separate final rule on the establishment of certification programs for health information technology. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section




Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2 (Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (Cms) (2018 Edition)


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Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule specifies the Stage 2 criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet in order to qualify for Medicare and/or Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments. In addition, it specifies payment adjustments under Medicare for covered professional services and hospital services provided by EPs, eligible hospitals, and CAHs failing to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology (CEHRT) and other program participation requirements. This final rule revises certain Stage 1 criteria, as finalized in the July 28, 2010 final rule, as well as criteria that apply regardless of Stage. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section




Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - Stage 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 Through 2017 Cms-3 (Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (Cms) (2018 Edition)


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Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - Stage 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017 CMS-3 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - Stage 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017 CMS-3 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule with comment period specifies the requirements that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet in order to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments and avoid downward payment adjustments under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. In addition, it changes the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs reporting period in 2015 to a 90-day period aligned with the calendar year. This final rule with comment period also removes reporting requirements on measures that have become redundant, duplicative, or topped out from the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. In addition, this final rule with comment period establishes the requirements for Stage 3 of the program as optional in 2017 and required for all participants beginning in 2018. The final rule with comment period continues to encourage the electronic submission of clinical quality measure (CQM) data, establishes requirements to transition the program to a single stage, and aligns reporting for providers in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - Stage 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017 CMS-3 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section




Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Modifications to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (Ehr) Incentive Program for 2014 (Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (Cms) (2018 Edition)


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Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Modifications to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program for 2014 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Modifications to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program for 2014 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule changes the meaningful use stage timeline and the definition of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to allow options in the use of CEHRT for the EHR reporting period in 2014. It also sets the requirements for reporting on meaningful use objectives and measures as well as clinical quality measure (CQM) reporting in 2014 for providers who use one of the CEHRT options finalized in this rule for their EHR reporting period in 2014. In addition, it finalizes revisions to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs to adopt an alternate measure for the Stage 2 meaningful use objective for hospitals to provide structured electronic laboratory results to ambulatory providers; to correct the regulation text for the measures associated with the objective for hospitals to provide patients the ability to view online, download, and transmit information about a hospital admission; and to set a case number threshold exemption for CQM reporting applicable for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) beginning with FY 2013. Finally, this rule finalizes the provisionally adopted replacement of the Data Element Catalog (DEC) and the Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III standards with updated versions of these standards. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Modifications to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program for 2014 (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section




Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Modifications to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (Ehr) Incentive Program for 2014 (Us Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (Hhs) (2018 Edition)


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Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Modifications to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program for 2014 (US Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (HHS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Modifications to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program for 2014 (US Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (HHS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule changes the meaningful use stage timeline and the definition of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to allow options in the use of CEHRT for the EHR reporting period in 2014. It also sets the requirements for reporting on meaningful use objectives and measures as well as clinical quality measure (CQM) reporting in 2014 for providers who use one of the CEHRT options finalized in this rule for their EHR reporting period in 2014. In addition, it finalizes revisions to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs to adopt an alternate measure for the Stage 2 meaningful use objective for hospitals to provide structured electronic laboratory results to ambulatory providers; to correct the regulation text for the measures associated with the objective for hospitals to provide patients the ability to view online, download, and transmit information about a hospital admission; and to set a case number threshold exemption for CQM reporting applicable for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) beginning with FY 2013. Finally, this rule finalizes the provisionally adopted replacement of the Data Element Catalog (DEC) and the Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III standards with updated versions of these standards. This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Modifications to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program for 2014 (US Department of Health and Human Services Regulation) (HHS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section




Congressional Record


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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)




Federal Register, V. 70, No. 223, Monday, November 21 2005


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Contains: Pt. 2, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 42 CFR Part 405, et al., Medicare Program: Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2006 and Certain Provisions Related to the Competitive Acquisition Program of Outpatient Drugs and Biogicals Under Part B; Final Rule. Also contains other proposed rules, final rules, and notices.







Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act


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Section 1557 is the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This brief guide explains Section 1557 in more detail and what your practice needs to do to meet the requirements of this federal law. Includes sample notices of nondiscrimination, as well as taglines translated for the top 15 languages by state.