Andy Slavitt puts meaningful use on ice; Read his J.P. Morgan speech transcript Acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Andy Slavitt on Tuesday shocked many in healthcare when he laid out an aggressive timeline to replace the meaningful use program, a electronic health records mandate and incentive program that healthcare providers put millions [...]

 From our Partner ClinixMis October 2 2015 You’ve probably heard about the discontinuation of ClinixMD, the electronic medical record product. ClinixMD, the EMR product, is owned by CSS/Ormed; ClinixPM practice management software is a completely different product owned by a different company. ClinixPM practice management software isn’t going anywhere. It is alive, well, and owned [...]

From CMS, On October 1, 2015 health systems across the country transitioned to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision – ICD-10. This change will enable providers to capture more details about the health status of their patients to improve patient care and public health surveillance. CMS has been carefully monitoring the transition and is [...]