meaningful use


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meaningful use

In healthcare IT, it refers to meeting certain requirements regarding the electronic reporting of patient records in order to be fully reimbursed under the EHR Incentive Program. Requirements include capturing essential patient information, reporting quality measures to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), electronically transmitting prescriptions to pharmacies and claims to insurance carriers and sending patient reminders. For more information, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/30_Meaningful_Use.asp. See EHR Incentive Program and healthcare IT.
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Meaningful Use (MU) was first established in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 as a voluntary program for hospitals and physicians using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology.
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Nov. 30 is deadline for 'meaningful use' exemptions
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First-time meaningful use participants who are using older technology and did not get a hardship exemption by July 1 will see their Medicare pay reduced 1% in 2015.
CMS website snafu could lead to Medicare pay cut
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Allscripts' Enterprise, Professional EHRs get Meaningful Use 2014 certification
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Meaningful, meaningful use: moving beyond implementation to strategy and analysis to improve clinical processes
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A Meaningful Use workgroup was charged with developing recommendations to the HIT Policy Committee on how to define meaningful use in the short and long-term, including: 1) the ways in which EHRs can support meaningful use, and 2) how providers can demonstrate and receive financial incentives for meaningful use.
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