Ever heard of Stark? It is a law designed to keep physicians from getting kickbacks from hospitals or from referring patients to facilities they own or have a share in. Well, because of this law, hospital could not give or give discounts for EMRs to doctors who admit patients to that hospital as it is a form of kick-back from the hospital. Well, one of Dr. Brailer's initiatives has been to eliminate the regulations prohibiting that. It isn't law yet, but it is coming. There was a news story about it just today. This is the introductory blurb from Healthcare Informatics:
STARK CHOICES DHHS has proposed safe harbors that would allow hospitals and other entities to provide more funds to technology-hungry physicians. by Gregg Reisman Esq. and Peter Mancino Esq. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released two sets of proposed regulations regarding electronic prescribing and electronic health records (EHRs). If finalized and adopted, these regulations will offer protections to hospitals and physician practices that donate EHR technology and related services to other providers. Although the technology is currently available, hospitals and other entities have been slow to provide EHR systems to their medical staff because of concerns surrounding fraud and abuse laws. These new regulations are an attempt by DHHS to encourage providers to use EHRs. On Wednesday 24 May 2006 14:04, Mike Schrom wrote: are they paying for this 'super-duper EMR'? Or are they just going to tax you, either directly or by adding the costs to your overhead? Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > Yeah, moving to Cache' probably be a solution. But frankly it is not > worth the effort for me to reinstall windows onto the server, learn an > entire new system, purchase Cache', port the data, and fight the chain > of command to get it allowed. Especially when the attitute of the new > managment is "why bother, we have a super-duper EMR coming that will > be much better?" > > Kevin > > On 5/24/06, Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It is interesting that Linux boxes are excluded, and in my limited >> experience, >> that has been because the network will not recognize they are there. >> Now, >> that does not say much for the network and if it is the case there, it is >> just a big vulnerability that they are covering up by not allowing Linux >> boxes. >> >> Then there is moving VistA your installation to Cache on Windows and >> eventually to GTM on Windows or Mac OS, which, of course, we hope will be >> coming soon. ;-) > > ------------------------------------------------------- > All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! > Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in > the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
