Huntingdon Valley PA, August 18, 2009 - The Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee held a meeting Friday, August 14, 2009,
to review the latest changes in approach with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement incentives aimed at energizing EHR investment and meaningful use.
They presented the updated EHR meaningful use (MU) matrix. Click here to view the recently revised MU matrix -
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We are pleased to report the projections presented on Thursday, August 13, 2009 during the Alpha Systems Conference at Seaview were all accurate.
- The CPOE requirement for use in 2011 has been pulled back to only 10% for 2011 with 100% use in 2013.
- HHS HIT Policy Committee has added hospitals must implement one clinical decision support rule in 2011.
- In footnote one, it is indicated that the first year a hospital participates they are measured against the 2011 criteria even if the first year is 2013.
Alpha Systems provides systems and services to address many of the requirements in the matrix and we will continue to support your EHR strategy with world-class data and document solutions.
About Alpha Systems
Alpha Systems serves the healthcare industry with superior electronic document and data management solutions. Located at 458 Pike Road in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania,
our products and services support the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) with leading data and document management software and services.
For more information, call us at 1-800-732-9644, or you may visit us on the web at
www.alphaedm.com.
