Yesterday, Dr. Blumenthal, head of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) who is tasked with the roll-out (setting policy) for all that HIT stimulus funding under the HITECH Act, launched his own Blog: Health IT Buzz. With over 20 comments so far, this Blog has generated a ready following. Now the question is: Can [...]
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ONC Reaches Out with Health IT Buzz
Posted in EHR, HIE, consumer health, policy, tagged HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Meaningful Use” Usual Suspects to Gather and Define
Posted in EHR, EMR, eRx, policy, tagged ARRA, HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill on April 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In the incestuous world of the healthcare sector, HHS is bringing together the usual suspects in HIT to discuss what exactly “meaningful use” means within the context of the ARRA HITECH Act. The meeting will take place next week, April 28 & 29, in Washington DC. Meaningful use is right up there with “certified EHR” [...]
HIMSS’09: Meetings of Interest
Posted in Analytics, EHR, EMR, Google Health, Health Cloud, HealthVault, Microsoft, eRx, tagged HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill, HIMSS09 on April 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
HIMSS’09 had some highlights from various vendor briefings and conversations in the halls that are abstracted below. By no means is this inclusive of all discussions, but reflects what are the gems I walked away with from this event and is certainly in contrast to the previous HIMSS post. Overview: HIMSS was well attended, though [...]
Blumenthal’s Views = Lock-down on HIT Innovation?
Posted in Google, Microsoft, PHS, policy, standards, tagged CCHIT, certification, EHR, HIPAA, HITECH Act, ONC, Stimulus Bill on March 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Prof. David Blumenthal, the new head of ONC, makes some disturbing comments regarding the Stimulus Bill, HIT and HITECH Act in his article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The article is not completely off-base as he does a very good job of describing the basics of the HITECH Act, its intentions and [...]
The HITECH Challenge: Is $19B Enough to Drive HIT Adoption
Posted in EHR, EMR, consumer health, tagged adoption, HITECH, HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill on March 13, 2009 | 10 Comments »
With the HITECH Act passed and the Dept. of HHS feverishly working to draft a clear definition of what “meaningful use” and “certified EHR” actually mean for reimbursement purposes, a far bigger question looms: Is the promise of $19B dollars dedicated to reimbursing those hospitals and physicians who adopt and meaningfully use an EHR enough? [...]
HITECH Act & EMR Sales
Posted in EHR, EMR, tagged HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill on February 19, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Since our series of posts on the Stimulus Bill (ARRA) and in particular the HITECH Act, Chilmark Research has been receiving a lot of questions from the market as to how we see this funding affecting EMR sales. Following is an example of our response to these inquiries. Mike, thanks for the kind words regarding [...]
HITECH Act: Medicaid Reimbursement Plan
Posted in EHR, HIT, policy, tagged ARRA, HITECH Act, Medicaid, Stimulus Bill on February 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Yesterday’s post and table provided the physician reimbursement schedule under Medicare. And astute reader contacted us to inform us that there is another reimbursement schedule that a physician (or hospital) could tap into under Medicaid. Medicaid reimbursement will be managed at the State level, which will institute the guidelines provided by HHS. Much of the [...]
HITECH Act: Reimbursement Schedule a Challenge
Posted in CMS, EHR, EMR, HIT, consumer health, policy, tagged ARRA, HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill on February 16, 2009 | 26 Comments »
The reimbursement schedule for EHR adoption is aggressive. Over the weekend, we spent more time pouring over the Stimulus Bill, (formerly known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ARRA), which Obama is scheduled to sign on Tuesday, Feb. 17th. Within the ARRA, (Division B, page 489) is a very aggressive schedule to meet the [...]
Sweet Rewards for HIT Vendors with Final Stimulus Package
Posted in EHR, HIE, HIT, RHIO, eRx, policy, tagged CCHIT, ONC, CMS, Stimulus Bill, HITEACH Act, CONNECT NHIN, NIST on February 13, 2009 | 20 Comments »
We can hear the champagne bottles popping in legacy healthcare information technology (HIT) vendors offices across the country as they celebrate what is arguably the biggest windfall in their history, the HITECH Act and its $19.2B, that is tucked into the Stimulus Bill which President Obama will likely sign on Monday. Unlike other aspects of [...]
Final Stimulus Bill Released
Posted in PHR, tagged EHR, HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill on February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Late last night (10:45pm EST to be exact) Congress released the negotiated final version of the Stimulus Bill (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) that is on its way to Obama’s desk for signature, which is expected on Monday. We’ve downloaded the massive bill, which combined (it’s currently broken into two parts, Division A and [...]
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