Ever since "meaningful-use" regulations have been defined my inbox has been inundated with articles about it! How important is meaningful-use? Are all the systems going to be certified? What if I have a system already but it's not certified?

These are all great questions! And I'm sure there are more that I am missing...if you can think of any please e-mail them to me: diana@mbsinsure.com. I do research daily to make sure that I am up-to-date with everything going on...

Which is how I stumbled across this article that I thought might be of interest...enjoy!

http://www.ehrbloggers.com/2010/09/is-meaningful-use-important-even-if-i.html

The new CMS rule has some health executive "irked". What rule? The rule saying the multi-campus hospitals that are all under one Medicare provider number are ineligible for the same level of subsidy payments as similar organizations in which each hospital uses it's own Medicare provider number. Each hospital with its own provider number can receive up to 11 million dollars from the government, meaning a Hospital with 5 campuses all working under their own provider number can receive up to 55 million dollars.

So what does this mean for those hospitals that are all under one Medicare provider number? Do they make each campus get their own?

There is another component to the subsidy formula that they need to take into consideration and that is the volume-based component. This rule is based on patient volume and says that the hospital will receive $200 per discharge beginning at 1,150 discharges and will be capped at 23,000.

With all these components to the subsidy payments we can already foresee hospitals having some trouble collecting what is owed to them...

At MBS we are already looking into ways to make this transition an easy one for Hospitals, researching the best ways for them to go about implementing EHR systems so that they can receive the most money.

For more information here is an article on the subject:

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100726/NEWS/100729971/1153

To learn more about the services MBS provides that will make your life easier email me at diana@mbsinsure.com

Till next time,
D

After much anticipation the CMS and HHS's office of the National Coordinator for Health Information technology have released the FINAL meaningful-use information technology regulations. These are the rules that physicians and hospitals must follow to tap into some of the $27.3 BILLION in financial incentives authorized by the stimulus act.

What does that mean for you? It means if you haven't already picked a system, now’s the time to do so!

Hospitals and physicians everywhere will be scrambling to get a system in place so that they can their part of the money (up to $44k per doctor)

Here at MBS we produced a questionnaire and have been working with one fo the foremost experts on EHR systems to help our clients choose the perfect system for them.

If you are interested in learning more about this service just send and email to:

Diana@mbsinsure.com

And we will get you the necessary information...

Attached is the article regarding meaningful-use

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100713%2FNEWS%2F307139973#

Have a great day!
D

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