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BREAKING: CMS Issues Final Rule for Stage 2 of EHR Incentive Program
The CMS issued the final requirements that hospitals and other providers must meet to receive funding under the second phase of the federal electronic health-record incentive program.
The Stage 2 meaningful-use requirements that providers must satisfy to receive payments under the program will go into effect in early 2014, according to a final rule (PDF) issued Thursday afternoon. In addition, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued requirements that "outline the certification criteria for the certification of EHR technology," HHS said in an e-mailed news release.
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Laundromats as a New Frontier in Community Health, Medicaid Outreach
May 29th 2025Lindsey Leininger, PhD, and Allister Chang, MPA, highlight the potential of laundromats as accessible, community-based settings to support Medicaid outreach, foster trust, and connect families with essential health and social services.
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Inside the Center's MDD Value Model and Its Use of Dynamic Pricing
May 13th 2025Larragem Raines, MS, of the Center for Innovation & Value Research, discusses the organization's major depressive disorder (MDD) open-source value model, dynamic pricing, and the future role of artificial intelligence in care.
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LLMs Show Promise, But Challenges Remain in Improving Inefficient Clinical Trial Screening
July 31st 2025Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 may offer a solution to the costly and inefficient process of manual clinical trial screening, which is often hindered by the inability of structured electronic health record data to capture all necessary criteria.
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