'We Care for California' to bring together 10,000 health care providers to rally to stop Medi-Cal cuts
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4/29/13
Action is required to avoid the 2% e-prescribing penalty in 2014
If you haven't started e-prescribing yet, the time is now.To avoid a 2 percent penalty on all Medicare Part B claims in 2014, physicians must by June ...
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4/18/13
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom sets the backdrop for future challenges
On April 16, during CMA's Legislative Leadership Conference, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom spoke about the major challenges that will be facing not...
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3/13/13
Medi-Cal EHR attestation system experiencing technical difficulties
Xerox, the vendor in charge of the Medi-Cal electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments continues to experience technical difficulties that are ...
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2/25/13
DHCS vendor works to solve Medi-Cal EHR incentive program payment issues
CMA recently learned that the vendor in charge of the Medi-Cal electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments has experienced difficulties in recen...
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2/6/13
2012 Medicare meaningful use attestation deadline is February 28
The attestation deadline for the 2012 Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive program is February 28, 2013. To receive incentive payments fo...
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1/22/13
HHS makes sweeping changes to HIPAA privacy and security rules
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights has released a final rule implementing a wide range of changes to the Health...
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1/15/13
CMS distributes $1.2 billion for EHR meaningful use in December 2012
December 2012 saw the largest national monthly payout of electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use incentives in the program’s history, this...
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1/11/13
OIG calls for EHR audits by CMS to prevent meaningful use fraud
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has paid roughly $4 billion to about 82,500 professionals and 1,500 hospitals for adopting and usin...
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1/11/13
Reminder: Deadline to request exemption from 2013 e-prescribing penalty is Jan. 31
Physicians who were unable to file for a Medicare e-prescribing hardship exemption by the original deadline of June 30, 2012, have until Jan. 31, 2013...
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