A press release issued by the American Medical Association states that the AMA and state and national medical specialty societies sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expressing serious concern about an onslaught of overlapping regulations that affect physicians. The AMA cited the value-based ...

(Editor's note: This guest blog is written by Jacqueline Thelian, CPC, CPC-I,  a healthcare consultant with Medco Consultants Inc. She is a certified professional coder, auditor, subject matter expert and sought after educator and author with more than 20 years' experience in medical coding and business management.) Currently, eligible ...

Get up-to-date and accurate information about the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs from CMS here. Visit the website to get specifics about the program and download the new tip sheets. Tip Sheets for Eligible Professionals: Medicare EHR Incentive Payments for Eligible Professionals -- This tip sheet describes which types of ...

(Editor's note: The following is a message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, posted on May 14, 2010.) Private and secure health information exchange enables information to follow the patient when and where it is needed for better care. The Federal government is working to enable a wide range ...

After scores of debate, health care reform has finally passed. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law today, launching a landmark overhaul of the health care system. Great-what's it mean for you? I had the same question, so I trolled around some articles and analyses on the lookout for measures that could affect the HIM ...

What a week it's been for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Aside from celebrating the first anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), officials introduced several new comrades to the public. On Feb. 17, Joy Pritts was named chief privacy officer in the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health ...