If there is a silver lining to this pandemic, for patient engagement proponents it would have to be the emergence of telehealth. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Seema Verma recently shared a staggering statistic: “in the last week of April, nearly 1.7 million beneficiaries received telehealth services—compared to about 13,000 per…
If the first quarter of the year is any indication, we are going to be very busy in 2020 spreading the word about patient engagement in both the United States and abroad. “We really feel that we are on the precipice of a tangible shift in how healthcare is being perceived across the globe,” said…
After suffering tremendous backlash regarding the timeline for implementing Meaningful Use Stage 3 standards, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released its final ruling on Tuesday, October 6th. The overarching goal of the revised ruling was to increase flexibility for providers while simplifying…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is giving the healthcare industry the chance to comment on a proposed change to MU patient engagement requirements that have sent shockwaves through the industry. If accepted, instead of requiring providers to get 5 percent of their patients to view, download and transmit their health data, the proposed rule change…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they have extended the deadline for EHR attestation for Medicare eligible professionals. Organizations now have until March 20, 2015 at 11:59 to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program 2014 reporting year. This is big news in the industry…
We’ve seen continuous challenges across the industry to produce valid C-CDAs to send to patients. Good news – it might not be as difficult as you thought to send both inpatient and ambulatory summaries to patients. On August 26, CMS helped to clarify any misunderstanding and confusion by publishing an FAQ stating that the same…
The decision by CMS and ONC to extend Stage 2 timelines through 2016 was a positive and timely step that will help many providers. “This certainly is good news for those who needed additional time,” said Robin Wiener, Get Real Health president and founding partner. “But we’re also glad they didn’t delay the start of…
By: Christina Caraballo, Healthcare Strategist, Get Real Health We are at the forefront of the patient engagement era. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which gives the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) the authority to establish programs to improve…
