Tracking the future certification standards for EHR systems. Only EHR systems that are certified under the new standards will be eligible for federal incentive payments.

How NOT to run your information technology RFP process. Learn from others’ mistakes.

You can now view the text of the Economic Stimulus Bill signed by President Obama. The EHR incentive dollars are now available. So, what do you do next?

EMRmatch is a new EMR vendor evaluation and selection tool that is currently under development. EMRmatch promises to be the definitive choice for the objective and unbiased evaluation of EMR vendors.

The Senate voted 61-37 to approve an economic stimulus bill that’s expected to cost $838 billion through 2019, according to the latest estimate from the Congressional Budget Office.

Spending on incentives for EHR adopters still in Senate version of HR1. Other cuts to HIT spending beginning to emerge.

The Senate version of HR1 maintains incentives for EHR and adds an additional incentive amount for “rural eligible professionals”. The Senate will vote on its version of HR1 as early as next Tuesday.

HHS – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) revises bid specifications for IDIQ/Task Order contracts, each worth up to a maximum of $300 million.

Do the EMR incentives in the House version of the Economic Stimulus Package favor ASP EMR solutions over locally-installed EMR software solutions? I don’t think so.

The Senate is in the process of amending its version of the Economic Stimulus Bill. Knock wood, but substantial changes to HIT spending and incentives have not been the subject of amendment thus far.