It was a pleasure to work with you, as you and your team made this process a more pleasant experience for our team and the participants.
Karen Perry
The majority of health care providers who were eligible to attest to Stage 2 of the meaningful use program have done so, according to the latest CMS data, Clinical Innovation & Technology reports.
Under the 2009 economic stimulus package, providers who demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health records can qualify for Medicaid and Medicare incentive payments (Pedulli, Clinical Innovation & Technology, 1/14).
During a Health IT Policy Committee meeting on Jan 13, 2015, officials at CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT said as of Nov. 30, 2014:
According to Politico Pro, the latest numbers paint Stage 2 meaningful use attestations in a different light from those reported last month, when officials said just 4% of eligible providers had attested to Stage 2 as of Dec. 1.
Elisabeth Myers of CMS' Office of eHealth Standards and Services explained that previous analyses reviewed attestation numbers for all eligible providers, rather than just for those who were expected to meet Stage 2 (Allen, Politico Pro, 1/13).
To be eligible for Stage 2, providers must have completed two years of Stage 1 attestation.
Dawn Heisey-Grove, public health analyst at ONC, noted that only 42% of all eligible providers and 56% of eligible hospitals had been expected to meet Stage 2 requirements.
Further, CMS said it has paid out about $26 billion in incentive payments to eligible hospitals and eligible professionals. The payments included $8.7 billion to Medicaid providers and $17.3 billion to Medicare providers (Clinical Innovation & Technology, 1/14).
It was a pleasure to work with you, as you and your team made this process a more pleasant experience for our team and the participants.
I just want to tell you that I value people relations more than money. I remember how you were friendly and helpful not going against policies and contractual obligations at the same time, not using your power to make us feel stupid and small. It was a very rare and big experience for me. Really. I will always remember this.
The Usability People are all individuals that you can become friends with very easily. They have a lot of different interests and are a pleasure to work with. I was writing a PRD/MRD for a billing solution and worked with The Usability People in defining the user interface. They are receptive to ideas and are able to mold the user interface from an end-user's perspective. I really liked the idea of putting end-user photograph & short biography around the office to help understand the users