Meaningful Use
Interoperability
As the agency works to advance an array of big projects, ONC is also focused on reducing documentation and quality reporting burdens for providers.
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February 25, 2018
Beyond meaningful use: How enterprise IT modernization enables providers to focus on improving outc…
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February 25, 2018
William Kloes, president of commercial health at Leidos, believes that deeply integrated IT systems can deliver the data and analytics needed to prosper in the new world of value-based care.
Meaningful Use
The administration said the burden these programs put on doctors and hospitals has led to consolidation, which reduces competition and drives prices higher.
Electronic Health Records
Hospitals can improve the overall process by getting the right people involved, institutions flexibility of data capture, and create a feedback loop.
MACRA
The former Eli Lilly CEO also told the Senate Finance Committee affordability and the opioid epidemic round out his top four priorities.
Electronic Health Records
The proposed legislation would remove the all-or-nothing approach of meaningful use and extend flexibility.
Compliance
The high threshold for patient engagement in 2019 will probably be amended in future rulemakings, but one MU expert says it highlights the limited utility of patient portals.
MACRA
Physicians transitioning to MIPS and hospitals going for meaningful use can avoid penalty.
Electronic Health Records
Two big changes: EHR makers are now able to self-declare compliance with specific criteria and ONC will not audit certification bodies’ random surveillance practices.
Electronic Health Records
The agency, seeking to ease EHR reporting burdens, will also allow both 2015 and 2014-certified EHRs for 2018.