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CMS MIPS PI NPRM: A Public Health Perspective
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has now released a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to address proposed changes for Year 3 of MIPS, the provider (as opposed to hospital) side of the Quality Payment Program.
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PHI2018 Conference: eCR Rules!
On August 20-23, 2018 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) sponsored the now-biennial Public Health Informatics Conference in Atlanta, GA with nearly 1,000 public health informatics professionals, vendors, and other stakeholders attending.
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AIRA 2018: Is Open Source the Key to IIS Sustainability?
On August 14-16, 2018 the American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) held its 2018 National Meeting. This meeting brought together more than 350 informatics professionals, public health officials, EHR vendors, and other stakeholders who all care passionately about Immunization Information Systems (IIS) and their role in the healthcare community.
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CMS IPPS Final Rule: A Public Health Perspective
On August 2, 2018 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule to Quality Payment Program. The Final Rule affirmed most of CMS’ proposed changes.
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Noam Arzt awarded AIRA 2018 Volunteer Service Award
On August 15, 2018, Dr. Noam Arzt, President of HLN, was awarded the 2018 Volunteer Service Award by the American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA).
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HLN releases Version 1.14.1 of its Award Winning Open Source Immunization Forecaster
On August 10, 2018, HLN released a new version (v1.14.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open-source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
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