President Barack Obama will nominate Donald Berwick, M.D., president and CEO at Boston’s Institute for Healthcare Improvement, as his new CMS administrator. Charlene Frizzera, COO of CMS and acting administrator since January 2009, will remain COO once Berwick is approved.
PECOS Down Due to scheduled maintenance, Internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) will be unavailable from Monday, March 29, 2010 through Monday, April 5, 2010. Internet-based PECOS allows physicians, non-physician practitioners, providers, and other suppliers (except suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies [DMEPOS]) to enroll or make a change to […]
During the recent HIMSS meeting, U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benamin delivered an address that outlined her vision for using Electronic Health Records to improve the nation’s health. We received permission to reprint it verbatim.
Education released for 5010, new HIPAA X12 transaction standards. Obama FY2011 budget allocations millions for Health IT. HME industry snubbed by HHS at Medicare fraud summit.
WEDI to Build ICD-10 Vendor Directory. ATA to coordinate telemedicine assistance for Haiti. Small progress noticed in movement toward telehealth reimbursement.
BALTIMORE, MD — Newswise — January 28 — National home care and health care leaders kicked off an 18-month national home-health quality-improvement campaign this month at CMS headquarters in Baltimore.
Reminder: OASIS submission login system begins to change next month.
Free Remittance Advice training available online
Complete text of CMS/ONC “meaningful use” proposed rule.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has weighed in on the HHS meaningful use statement. On first read of the proposed regulations, HIMSS believes that there is much more to applaud than criticize. The organization also goes on to say it is important that the healthcare community offers suggestions, revisions and commentary during the next 60 days.
Baltimore, MD — December 30, 2009 — Today, CMS released a proposed rule defining “meaningful use” of electronic health records, the standard by which providers will be judged to qualify for bonus incentive payments as authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). At the same time, the Office of the National Coordinator for […]
Since the inception of Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in March 2007, the Strike Force has obtained indictments of more than 460 individuals and organizations that collectively have falsely billed the Medicare program for more than one billion dollars. In addition to the fraud hotbeds in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit and — the one that […]
