Medical Industry News

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Oklahoma’s Dr. Cynthia Taylor, affiliated with Norman Regional Health System, is the first in the country to receive a reimbursement check from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for demonstrating “meaningful use” of an electronic medical records system. An eClinicalWorks customer since February 2008, Dr. Taylor received a ceremonial check for $21,250 in her office from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.

The tide is turning.

Four days after registration started, about 4,000 health care providers had begun the process of signing up for the federal meaningful use incentive program, according to CMS, Government Health IT reports.

BALTIMORE – Oklahoma and Kentucky have become the first states under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program to make incentive payments to providers for the adoption of certified EHRs, according to CMS.

Portal for EHR Incentive Program goes live

Jefferson City, Missouri - January 1, 2011 – GroupOne Health Source, Inc, an electronic medical record consulting and billing firm, was selected by Lake Regional Medical Group to implement the eClinicalWorks® (eCW) electronic medical records system for its approximately 50 affiliated healthcare providers.