Economic Stimulus Articles 

The following is a collection of articles written by Sage and other healthcare industry authorities. We’ve gathered these resources to help you understand how the HITECH Act and other provisions of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act may affect your practice.

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Date Stimulus Article Title
7/20/2010 Meaningful Use: The Final Measures
7/13/2010 The "Meaningful Use" Regulation for Electronic Health Records
7/13/2010 Flexibility built into final rule on meaningful use
4/16/2010 New Law Expands Eligibility for MU, Health Data Management
2/12/2010 Senate strips out EHR incentive added to jobs bill, Government Health IT
2/12/2010 HHS, DOL announce regional extension center, HIE and HIT training grants, Healthcare IT News
1/18/2010 "Meaningful Use" and Certification Update
1/18/2010 Sage Guarantee
1/18/2010 FAQs regarding HITECH provisions of ARRA
12/30/2009 CMS, ONC deliver meaningful use package, Healthcare IT News
12/30/2009 Fact Sheet: CMS Proposes Definition of Meaningful Use of Certified Electronic Health Records (EHR) Technology, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
12/30/2009 Fact Sheet: CMS Proposes Requirements for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Medicaid Incentive Program, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
12/30/2009 Fact Sheet: CMS Proposes Requirements for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Medicare Incentive Program, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
12/30/2009 CMS and ONC Issue Regulations Proposing a Definition of ‘Meaningful Use’ and Setting Standards for Electronic Health Record Incentive Program, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
12/30/2009 Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology (full text), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
12/30/2009 Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (full text), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
7/23/2009 Q&A from the Meaningful Use Webinars
7/20/2009 Electronic Health Record Report, Marketplace
6/04/2009 Making the EHR Investment
5/22/2009 2009 federal tax breaks: How your practice can save, Medical Economics
4/27/2009 Stimulus Update
2/27/2009 Stimulus Basics for Electronic Health Records
2/27/2009 Stimulus Incentives for Medicare, Medicaid and FQHCs
2/25/2009 Economic Recovery Act Should Spur Adoption, Use of Health IT, Say Experts, American Academy of Family Physicians
2/24/2009 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Summary of Key Health Information Technology Provisions, HIMSS

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