A report issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week showed that quality reporting systems and ePrescribing incentives have improved outcomes and the quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries.

When Jane Berkebile, vice president of revenue cycle for OhioHealth (Columbus, Ohio), joined the organization five years ago, she was already impressed by its revenue cycle performance. “The triad for success, as I call it, was up and running when I came here: patient access, medical records, and business office activities were all reporting to the

Proivders and hospitals can gauge their Medicare EHR Incentive Program progress using the Meaningful Use Attestation Calculator, a resource for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program offered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The California Health Information Partnership & Services Organization (CalHIPSO), a regional extension center serving California, has selected athenahealth as one of its EHR vendor partners.

Community Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Middletown, has joined healthcare providers participating in the Connecticut Department of Social Services Health Information Exchange (HIE) Pilot Project, according to eHealthConnecticut.

Wayne Memorial Hospital, a 316-bed facility in Goldsboro, N.C., has implemented Extensions HealthAlert for Nurses, a feature that automates delivery of clinical information and nurse call messages.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services interpretation of the regulations in the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act could exclude federally qualified health center patients from the Medicare Shared Savings Program, according to a research brief from Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative.

Watson Clinic, a large multispecialty clinic in central Florida, was among the participants in the recent Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality electronic Preventive Services Selector Knowledge Transfer project, integrating the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations into its patient workflow to improve its care processes.