Leveraging Technology
On January 15, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule modifying the medical data code set standards and adopting ICD-10-CM for coding of patient diagnoses and ICD-10-PCS for coding of hospital procedures.
this Advisory is intended to share additional information on the Medicare payment incentives included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act \(H.R. 1\) for hospitals that adopt electronic health records and certain health information technology \(IT\). It also provides a link to an MS Excel…
Continued Progress: Hospital Use of Information Technology \(pdf\), February 2007 - A Report of the results from the 2006 HIT Survey
Medicare continues to struggle to create payment mechanisms that provide the right balance of incentives to ensure an appropriate level of access to new technology for beneficiaries while managing overall program costs.
This edition of TrendWatch examines the benefits and costs of new technology and the challenges of establishing coverage and payment policies in an era of rapid technological advancement.