Ready, Set—Attest

November 28, 2011 | NONE

When Keith Dreyer, DO, PhD, speaks to an audience of radiologists on meaningful use (something he does quite often, these days), he always asks for a show of hands to determine who is doing what with regard to demonstrating meaningful use of IT. Dreyer, vice chair of radiology computing... Read More »

Radiology and Meaningful Use: Questions Loom As Attestation Begins

November 28, 2011 | Feature

It was the radiology community’s version of the shot heard ‘round the world: in April 2010, the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 revised the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act’s definition of a hospital-based eligible professional to include hospital-based physicians practicing in outpatient settings, thereby... Read More »

Seeking Meaning in Meaningful Use

November 28, 2011 | Priors

The Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs provide for incentive payments to eligible professional who are meaningful users of certified EHR technology—and future downward adjustments for eligible professionals who fail to demonstrate meaningful use. The Medicare version of the program is generally applicable to primary-care... Read More »

The Plot Thickens on Meaningful Use for Radiology

July 04, 2011 | Priors

There is bad news and good news for radiology, when it comes to meeting meaningful-use requirements, according to Keith Dreyer, DO, PhD, vice chair of radiology computing and information sciences at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. In the Dwyer Lecture, “Meaningful Use in Medical Imaging: New Technologies for... Read More »

Fujifilm Builds a Foundation for Meaningful Use

December 21, 2010 | Enterprise Trooper

With the definition of meaningful use coming into greater focus, radiologists have seen their initial disappointment at not being invited to the party evolve into the realization that they must demonstrate meaningful use of health IT or risk penalties in 2015.

Radiology practices bear the burden of assessing... Read More »

University Radiology Tackles Meaningful Use

December 21, 2010 | Destination Digital

The revelation that 85% of radiologists are considered nonhospital-based physicians—and are considered, therefore, to be eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus funds—has sparked something of a gold-rush mentality in the imaging industry. Medicare-participating radiologists who are not hospital based (providing at least 90% of their services... Read More »

What Radiologists Must Know About Meaningful Use

December 21, 2010 | Planning Portal

To hear four radiologists who have immersed themselves in the minutiae of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act describe it, meaningful use—as it relates to radiologists—is an opportunity, a minefield, and a responsibility that could cost more than the $44,000 per radiologist that... Read More »

Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care

August 15, 2010 | Radinformatics

For nearly a year and a half following the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, the medical community had one question on... Read More »

High Hurdles for HITECH Dollars

February 25, 2010 | Health IT Policy

The indefinite path to qualifying for Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act funds just came into greater focus, but it’s not to everyone’s liking. At the end of December 2009, HHS released two notices of proposed rule making that specify, in numbing detail, the definitions... Read More »

ARRA Update: Opportunities and Risks for Health IT

May 15, 2009 | Regulatory Report

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), signed into law on February 17, includes $19 billion in funding for health care IT initiatives through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). How these funds will be distributed, however, remains unclear, and radiology practices and hospital radiology... Read More »