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September 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Related websites Physician Compare Mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Physician Compare website was created to allow consumers to compare physicians based on quality of care. In addition to information such as specialty, location, ...
November 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
HIT News Brief focusing on components of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services "meaningful use" (MU) rule.
November 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
This issue of LegalNotes briefly reviews the provisions of the final CMS rule defining meaningful user for the Medicaid EHR incentive program compared to the proposed rule.
October 7, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief highlights that only 34 percent of office-based physicians have the capability to e-mail patients. Of those, fewer than one in five regularly e-mail their patients.
January 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
The opportunity presented to Medicaid agencies to advance quality in the safety net delivery system by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and how Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) alliances can play a key role in that advancement.
July 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Many industries have lowered costs and improved quality through investments in information technology. The health care sector, however, has been slow to follow suit.
January 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
This report from Avalere Health closely examines the efforts of 18 diverse medical professional societies to identify potential cost-cutting measures.
January 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
This installment of LegalNotes focuses on the concept of "meaningful use" of electronic health records and the key considerations that will underlie proposed rules.
September 5, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule on the Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to qualify as meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs) and receive incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
March 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This brief developed by the Legal Barriers team reviews provisions in the Affordable Care Act that address the issue of disparities reduction.