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The $44,000 question: industry insider responses (Paul B. Bindell)
This is in reference to Melissa Heyboer’s article, “The $44,000 question,” which appeared in Issue 13, 2010. The following is Paul B. Bindell’s responses in their entirety.
A: (Taken from a press release by Paul B. Bindell) Chiropractors are eligible to receive the Medicare Stimulus, up to $44,000, according to Dr. Paul Bindell, president of Life Systems Software. After reading the 864 page Final Rule for Meaningful Use, Dr. Bindell notes that it is clear that Chiropractors qualify for the Medicare bonus income. On 7-13-10 the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (HIT) issued the Final Rule for Meaningful Use of
CAVEAT EMPTOR: The Medicare Stimulus requires certified EHR software in use in your practice generating the necessary reports by the end of this year. But, as this is being written, Dr. Bindell points out that the ONC announced that currently THERE IS NO CERTIFIED EHR SOFTWARE because the government has not yet authorized any entity to give the necessary certification. If anyone is claiming that they already have the certification, it is NOT true. The ONC is now taking applications from companies that want to become software certification agents. Qualifying EHR Certification will happen only later this year.
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