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| CMS Publishes Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements | |
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On Thursday, February 23, CMS published its proposed rule for the Stage 2 requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. The proposed rule specifies Stage 2 criteria, which place a strong emphasis on interoperability and improved quality of care. |
| Other News | |
| Serving Dollywood: How One Urgent Care Markets to Tourists | |
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How do you market your urgent care clinic when your target demographic doesn’t even live in your catchment area? For urgent cares located in tourist destinations, getting their marketing messages out to a transient audience is a challenge they face daily. For Dr. Michael Rothwell, president and CEO of Smoky Mountain Urgent Care in Sevierville, Tenn., the proximity of his clinic to popular tourist attraction Dollywood has been both a blessing and a challenge. |
| Prepaid Urgent Care Program: An Urgent Care Doc's Answer to Healthcare Reform | |
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Sonny Saggar, MD, has launched a national prepayment service for urgent care patients, a project he has taken on to benefit the growing number of Americans who cannot afford or have been denied medical insurance. "There is a definite need for healthcare reform," says Dr. Saggar. "I'm just trying to come up with an inexpensive way to let people see a board certified doctor at minimal cost." |
| EMR Experts: Start EMR Today and Still Get $44K | |
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It seems that 2011 was the year of "meaningful use" - and for good reason. EMR vendors had to scramble to meet certification criteria for the EHR Incentive Programs, and urgent care practitioners had to scramble to learn how to be meaningful users of their EMRs in order to qualify for incentive payments. And at the center of it all was tens of thousands of dollars per physician in incentive payments from the government. As we head into 2012, however, we can't just put meaningful use behind us. |
New Jersey Urgent Care Fights to Change Payor Policy |
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When a major New Jersey payor stopped covering FastER Urgent Care’s X-rays, Dr. William Gluckman stepped up to the plate and fought for his patients. |