by Jim Tate | Nov 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Jury Returns: MACRA – MIPS and 2019 CEHRT Requirements Back in August I wrote a post entitled, “MIPS and EHR Certification: Most Asked Question”. The issue at hand was when did MIPS eligible providers need to be using 2015 Edition Certified Electronic Health...
by Jim Tate | Sep 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Blockchain & Healthcare: Has the Killer App Arrived? Everywhere I look in healthcare technology I’m seeing claims that blockchain technology is the silver bullet. We are being told that distributed ledgers will solve all the pain points found in interoperability...
by Jim Tate | Aug 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
MIPS and EHR Certification: Most Asked Question The most common question I receive from EHR vendors regarding certification is this: “What is the deadline for providers to begin using 2015 Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT)?” The answer is, “It all depends”. Here is the...
by Jim Tate | Mar 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pending Health IT Certification Deadline: Hell to Pay The certification of healthcare technology has been around since 2006 when the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) launched a voluntary program designed to test the ability of...
by Jim Tate | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Long Data at HIMSS 2018 We are just a couple of weeks away from the annual HIMSS conference and I will be looking for trends not on “big data” but “long data”. By that I mean blockchain technology. HIMSS states “Blockchain is revolutionizing the way health information...
