What to Know

Understanding EHR.

  1. Overview
  2. Big Questions
  3. Stimulus Straight Talk

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Allscripts is committed to providing ARRA-certified solutions, encouraging legislation that helps to move the healthcare industry in the right direction, and helping you understand the intricacies of it all.

Stimulus 101

  • Physicians must demonstrate Meaningful Use with an ARRA-certified EHR to earn HITECH incentives
  • Meaningful Use is based on achieving compliance with 20 of 25 metrics related to EHR use
  • Penalties will begin in 2015

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Stimulus FAQ

  • What’s the earliest I can get paid the incentive? The first year’s requirement is only 90 days of Meaningful Use…
  • Is this incentive calculated on a per-physician basis or for each office? The incentives are paid on a per-provider basis…
  • How many Medicare or Medicaid patients do I need to have to participate? There is no minimum number of Medicare patients…

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Resources

Calculate Your ROI
Tell us a little bit about your organization and let us provide a customized ROI assessment. You'll see just how much your practice could earn from HITECH incentives.
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Certified Solutions
Allscripts is committed to providing our clients a complete certified Electronic Health Record, in time for the earliest stimulus funding opportunity. Allscripts EHR solutions are ARRA certified, enabling our clients to demonstrate Meaningful Use since  2011. We have EHR solutions for users of all sizes and specialties:
Allscripts Professional
Allscripts Enterprise

Meaningful Use Overview
The Final Rules for Meaningful Use and Certification for EHR systems were issued on July 13, 2010. Read an overview of what you need to do to earn the incentives, the timeframes for participation, and when the money will flow.
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Meaningful Use Stage 2
Follow our analysis and discussion of the proposed rules for Stage 2. Registration for informative webasts is available on Stimulus Straight Talk.

NPRM Metrics for Meaningful Use
In order to participate in the HITECH incentive program for individual providers, Eligible Professionals (EPs) must demonstrate that they have achieved 20 of 25 Meaningful Use objectives.
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Clinical Quality Measures
In addition to the 20 Meaningful Use objectives, participating physicians and other healthcare professionals need to submit six clinical quality measurement reports on their treatment of patients, selected from a set of 44 potential measures.
Read the Stage 1 Clinical Quality Measures

 
 

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