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Welcome to the CMS eHealth Blog

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Welcome to the CMS eHealth blog. Here you can find information about the eHealth initiative that CMS is launching at the annual HIMSS conference in New Orleans. What is eHealth? eHealth aligns several CMS programs: Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. eHealth Website.

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Administrative Simplification and ICD-10: Streamlining Health Care Operations

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By: Christine Stahlecker, Director, Administrative Simplification Group, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. You can also use the official HIMSS hashtag #HIMSS13 to join in on all conference related topics. Lastly, follow us on Twitter @CMSGov using #ICD10 and #CMSeHealth.

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Northwell Health’s Patients engage with AI ChatBot for guidance & support through their care journey

Consumer eHealth Engagement

Throughout the recent Connected Health Conference, the key theme was the need to balance technology with the human element. Pamela, a 78 year old Medicare patient has just been discharged from a Northwell Hospital for a heart failure episode. Think about a patient’s journey today.

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EHR Incentive Programs: Moving into the Next Stage

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In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology. By Elizabeth Holland. Moving into Stage 2.

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Building the Future through CMS eHealth

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CMS Launches eHealth. Today, the Office of E-Health Standards and Services is launching a new eHealth initiative that specifically aims to help providers, health IT developers, and other industry partners overcome the challenges of collectively implementing this new electronic infrastructure.

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

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The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and 2-1-1 New York have received funding from the HHS Administration for Community Living to establish a trust framework and statewide governance structure to support collaboration and exchange of community information across existing networks and users. Ongoing Software-as-a-service fees.