2012 Guide to Achieving Meaningful Use – A Concise Guide to Meeting Meaningful Use Requirements and Maximizing Incentives
Now that the first group of physicians and hospitals have received Meaningful Use incentive payments, more and more providers are registering for the program. While the numbers are encouraging, many have reported running into unanticipated obstacles that significantly slowed their progress toward Meaningful Use.
If you are one of the many physicians or practice administrators depending on Meaningful Use dollars to help fund your IT investments, don’t let common misinterpretations of the requirements, data recording glitches or attestation errors keep you from getting the incentive money you want.
This guide is designed to help you avoid many of the challenges encountered by early EHR adopters, so you can qualify for maximum incentive payments and do so as rapidly and painlessly as possible.
- Maximize your Meaningful Use incentive payments
- Minimize productivity losses and false starts by following a structured blueprint
- Avoid common pitfalls and obstacles reported by early adopters
- Reduce time spent looking for information from multiple sources
- Know exactly what needs to be done — in advance — so you can accelerate your transition to Meaningful Use & get paid sooner!
Reviews
The 2012 Guide to Achieving Meaningful Use is a must-have for physicians, health systems, RECs, consultants and others involved in the pursuit of Meaningful Use.
NeoVista Health has produced what amounts to an incredible “how to” guide chocked full of the necessary requirements, tips and other vital compliance information. Use of this guide will save individuals and organizations hundreds of hours of research, email and telephone time. The smart healthcare professional will invest in this guide as it truly provides the beginning-to-end solution. This could not have been done better… an easy-to-read format that will enable physicians and others to “get it right the first time” while significantly accelerating their Meaningful Use compliance efforts.
Rick Schooler, FACHE, FCHIME
Vice President & CIO, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL
Meaningful use impacts virtually all practicing clinicians both clinically and financially and the actual act spans almost 1000 pages of federal register legalese. The 2012 Guide does a wonderful job of simplifying the statutes into understandable and actionable items. It starts with the “Why” of EHR implementation and discusses the technology, workflow, and change management that this effort requires. The Guide provides clear explanations of the individual requirements and progresses through a clear “how-to” register, attest and prepare for potential audits.
Clinicians as well as those managing EHR implementation designed to meet the regulation should read The 2012 Guide to Achieving Meaningful Use before looking at ANY EHR software!
Howard M. Landa, MD
CMIO Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland CA
…exactly what physicians and other eligible professionals need to help them make sense of the complex process of achieving meaningful use. Following the step-by-step instructions provided this guide; an eligible professional or office staff member can bring their office through the attestation process right up to the point of collecting EHR Incentive payment. Dr. Adler’s guide is necessary reading for EHR Users and Vendors alike.
Lawrence Gordon, M.D.
CEO, Waiting Room Solutions, www.waitingroomsolutions.com
…delivers exactly what is promised: a concise and very well organized summary of the steps necessary to prepare, implement, and attest for Meaningful Use.
After reading the 2012 Guide, one should understand what is required to achieve Meaningful Use, and be able to speak the same language as IT staff, vendors, and organizational leadership, which is critically important when preparing, implementing change, and troubleshooting this complex endeavor.
David A. Beuther, MD, FCCP
CMIO, Assistant Professor of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
After careful review of the 2012 Guide to Achieving Meaningful Use, I now include it among the helpful resources I offer to those who are striving to achieve Meaningful Use. I found the 2012 Guide to be very useful, reliable, concise, and yet surprisingly comprehensive for a short publication.
David C. Kibbe, MD MBA
Senior Advisor, American Academy of Family Physicians
Chair, ASTM International E31Technical Committee on Healthcare Informatics
Principal, The Kibbe Group LLC
The 2012 Guide to Achieving Meaningful Use is a welcomed resource for the very busy physician practice. Not only does the guide address the various components of the regulations that can be applied in a logical manner, but it also offers practical approaches to each standard. The advice related to the registration process is extremely valuable and will be a time saver for the experienced and inexperienced alike. The supplied checklist and references are very useful tools to ensure that all the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed.
Charles E. Christian, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO
CIO, Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, IN
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