Topic One: Do you honestly believe, when the clock runs out, CMS will dock non-#MeaningfulUse docs’ reimbursement? Why/Why not?
T1: The penalty phase will be delayed over and over and over again, like it is with all government programs. #HITsm
— Peter Gilbert (@PeterNGilbert) June 14, 2013
T1: I think that there will be enough MU exceptions that very few people will actually be penalized. #HITsm — EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) June 14, 2013
T1: Feds must follow through. Future credibility depends on it. #HITsm — Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis) June 14, 2013 #HITsm T2: Explain in technical terms why Epic has such a bad reputation for interoperability. What’s the data roadblock? How to fix?
Topic Two: Explain in technical terms why Epic has such a bad reputation for interoperability.
What’s the data roadblock? How to fix? #HITsm — CapSite (@CapSite) June 14, 2013
Most current EHRs similar interop issues, EPIC has even older tech w/many more customers, so appears (&is) worse of the lot #HITsm #workflow — Charles Webster, MD (@EHRworkflow) June 14, 2013
Waiting to hear *WHY* Epic has such a bad reputation for interoperability. Anybody…? #HITsm
— eCentric Solutions (@e_Cntr) June 14, 2013
Epic helps hospital stay in industrial age world. Digital age world where info shared NOT to hospital economic advantage. #HITsm
— Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis) June 14, 2013
Topic Three: In your opinion: Coolest thing coming out of D.C. last week with Datapalooza and the other health IT conferences/meetings?
T3: I liked the release of more open data (this time for common outpatient procedures). Some cool apps also on display at #HDPalooza. #HITsm — Ken Congdon (@KenOnHIT) June 14, 2013
T3 thought to mention: the @rock_health Innovation Summit looks interesting http://t.co/Rju5bmOmjM #HITsm — Kitterman Marketing (@KittermanMG) June 14, 2013
#HITsm T3: I liked hearing @Farzad_ONC talking about price transparency in health. One of the biggest issues in health today, imho.
— Jarrod Sandel (@JarrodSandel) June 14, 2013
Topic Four: Congress blaming EHRs & #MeaningfulUse for “upcoding” is like blaming screwdrivers for burglaries. Agree/Disagree/Your take?
#HITsm T4: Definitely. A quick Google search brought up some books and websites that recommend codes “to improve your reimbursement.” Hmm. — Jarrod Sandel (@JarrodSandel) June 14, 2013
T3: At #HDPalooza, it was also great to see how @ClevelandClinic was leveraging #bigdata to the benefit of the org. & its patients. #HITsm
— Ken Congdon (@KenOnHIT) June 14, 2013
T4: There are laws against posession of burglary tools, http://t.co/LJnxLVpXle #HITsm
— Keith W. Boone (@motorcycle_guy) June 14, 2013
T4: EHR and CPOE means better documentation, more complete billing and submitting claims more quickly. What did they expect? #HITsm — Peter Gilbert (@PeterNGilbert) June 14, 2013
Topic Five: Will ICD-10 be a non-problem we blew out of proportion like Y2K, or will it be a pretty rough transition? Explain.
T5: Both. Y2K was blown out of proportion, but it took a lot of hard work to make it a non-event. Similar with ICD-10. #HITsm
— Peter Gilbert (@PeterNGilbert) June 14, 2013
T5: ICD-10 will be a big change for everyone, but a non-issue for most. Although, the unprepared 1% will make a lot of noise. #HITsm
— EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) June 14, 2013
T5: I worry abt smaller hospitals, smaller payers…hope no ICD-10 technical disruptions will affect already underserved patients #HITsm
— Don Fluckinger (@DonFluckinger) June 14, 2013