Economic Stimulus

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This brochure contains frequently asked questions concerning certification of technologies, demonstrating meaningful use and how incentives will be received

Click here for Medicare HIT Incentives for the Community Oncology Practice Webinar

Now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued the final, meaningful use regulations, one of the hot topics among healthcare providers continues to be, how does one achieve meaningful-use requirements in the coming years? In addition to improving quality of care, physicians hope to earn up to $44,000 in incentives over the next five years as part of the approximately $20 billion allocated toward Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, aka the stimulus package). As community-based oncologists, it is vital to understand how the stimulus can affect the healthcare information technology (HIT) plans for your practice. Cindy Chavez, Peter Harrison, M.D., Andrew Johnston, and Geoff Werth provided an informative webinar on the final rulings affecting the Medicare HIT incentives. Drawing from their experience with iKnowMed™, an oncology-specific EHR, they discussed the impact these standards will have on the community-based oncology practice.

This interactive webinar featured an update on:

• Overview of the final regulations associated with meaningful use
• EHR certification requirements for oncology-specific EHRs