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What Physicians Need to Know about the New EHR Regulations

CMS released more than 1,300 pages of new regulations in October 2015 outlining requirements for the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program, with several changes applying this year. SFMS has gathered some of the most important changes that will affect your practice.

Highlights from AMA’s 2015 House of Delegates

The American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates tackled a diverse set of resolutions this year that are of interest to California physicians, including medical-only exemptions from school vaccination requirements, electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use, ICD-10 implementation, Medicaid rates and opioid abuse.

Meaningful Use Proposals: Opportunity for Physician Comment

Public comment is open for three recently published notices of proposed rulemaking that intend to restructure the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (meaningful use) requirements starting this year through 2017, as well as define Stage 3 meaningful use, set to begin in 2018.

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