Rhode Island physician among first to attest for MU
April 18 marked the first day physicians could attest to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to receive Medicare incentive payments for meaningful use of EHRs. Douglas Foreman, DO, a family physician in Warwick, R.I., will be among the first physicians in the U.S. to attest to meeting Stage 1 requirements for Medicare meaningful use of health IT, according to Ingenix.
Foreman's practice uses Ingenix’s Caretracker EHR system, which features a graphical meaningful use dashboard to help physicians monitor and report progress toward meeting meaningful use objectives, Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Ingenix stated. Foreman met his criteria between Jan. 1 and March 31, the company added.
Foreman's practice uses Ingenix’s Caretracker EHR system, which features a graphical meaningful use dashboard to help physicians monitor and report progress toward meeting meaningful use objectives, Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Ingenix stated. Foreman met his criteria between Jan. 1 and March 31, the company added.