General Surgery Coding Alert - 2010 Issue 30
What About 'Meaningful Use?'
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Article Overview
This article explains CMS’s final rule on meaningful use within the electronic health record incentive program. It is aimed at practices and eligible professionals trying to understand the general framework, including required core objectives, menu-set options, and the overall categories of reporting and exchange activities involved. The piece is useful for readers who want a high-level orientation to the program and the types of criteria CMS expected participants to meet.
Why This Topic Matters
Meaningful use determined eligibility for EHR incentive payments, so understanding the CMS framework helped practices assess participation requirements and plan EHR adoption and reporting workflows.
Article Sections
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Background
Introduces the CMS EHR incentive program and the concept of meaningful use. Summarizes the general structure of the requirements and the types of activities practices were expected to perform.
What You Will Learn
- How CMS framed meaningful use in the EHR incentive program
- The broad categories of objectives involved in the final rule
- What kinds of practice activities were included in the core and menu sets
- Why the CMS guidance mattered to eligible professionals and practices
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Eligible professionals
- Medical practice managers
- Health information management professionals
- Medical coders and billing staff
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