CMS & ONC To Co-Host 7/22 ONC Certification & Medicare/Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Audio Training

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will co-host an Audio Training on the Final Rules for ONC Certification and Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs on July 22, 2010 from 2:00-3:30 pm EST. 

During the training, the Agencies plan to discuss: 

• Benefits of HIT
• Summary of the final rules
• ONC temporary certification process
• ONC initial set of standards and implementation specifications
• Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentives Programs including the initial definition of meaningful Use

To join the audio training, dial 1-877-251-0301 and enter the Conference ID pass code: 87841621 

Materials will be made available prior to the training at the following web address here.  

For more information about CMS EMR incentives, see here.   

The author of this update, attorney Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, has extensive experience advising and assisting health care providers, health plans and insurers, and other health and insurance industry clients with HIPAA, EMR and other privacy and data security, reimbursement, compliance, public policy, regulatory, staffing, and other operations and risk management matters. Ms. Stamer also regularly conducts training on these and other health industry technology, compliance, management and operations matters.  You can get more information about her health industry experience here.  If you need assistance with these or other compliance concerns, wish to inquire about arranging for compliance audit or training, or need legal representation on other matters please contact Ms. Stamer at (469) 767-8872 or via e-mail here.  

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For More Information 

We hope that this information is useful to you. If you need assistance evaluating or responding to the Health Care Reform Law or health care compliance, risk management, transactional, operational, reimbursement, or public policy concerns, please contact the author of this update, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, at (469) 767-8872, cstamer@Solutionslawyer.net.  

Vice President of the North Texas Health Care Compliance Professionals Association, Past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Section and the former Board Compliance Chair of the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas, Ms. Stamer has more than 23 years experience advising health industry clients about these and other matters. A popular lecturer and widely published author on health industry and human resources matters, Ms. Stamer continuously advises health industry clients about health industry and other related concerns. Ms. Stamer also publishes and speaks extensively on health and managed care industry regulatory, staffing and human resources, compensation and benefits, technology, public policy, reimbursement and other operations and risk management concerns. Her insights on these and other related matters appear in the Health Care Compliance Association, Atlantic Information Service, Bureau of National Affairs, World At Work, The Wall Street Journal, Business Insurance, the Dallas Morning News, Modern Health Care, Managed Healthcare, Health Leaders, and a many other national and local publications. For additional information about Ms. Stamer, her experience, involvements, programs or publications, see here. 

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