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2023 IPPS Final Rule

CMS recently published the FY 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule which includes several changes to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs). For the full text of the rule, see the Federal Register.

2023 OPPS Proposed Rule

CMS recently released the CY 2023 OPPS Proposed Rule, which included proposals for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program (OQR) Program. For the full text of the rule, see the Federal Register.

2023 QPP Proposed Rule

CMS recently published the CY 2023 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule which included numerous proposed updates to MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) and Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). For the full text of the rule, see the Federal Register.

2023 IPPS Proposed Rule

CMS recently published the FY 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule which includes several proposed changes to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs). For the full text of the rule, see the Federal Register.

So You Want a Barcode...

The ability to scan a patient record into the system greatly improves workflow and reduces errors. Did you know that it's easy to use barcodes on reports from Data Repository?

Report and Data Validation

How do I know it's right?

One of the challenges in writing reports from MEDITECH Data Repository (or any system for that matter) is knowing for certain that you got it right. That not only means the data are accurate, but the person requesting the report is satisfied with the result too.

Electronic Case Reporting

Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) enables automatic, real-time exchange of case information with Public Health Agencies (PHAs).

When data is recorded in the EHR, it is checked against a trigger table to determine whether there is a reportable condition — and if so, an electronic Initial Case Report (eICR) is sent to the PHAs.

Case Study: Power BI at NVRH

Power BI is the latest enterprise business intelligence platform from Microsoft. With Power BI's beautiful and dynamic data visualization tools, unlock the informatics potential of MEDITECH Data Repository in ways not before possible. 

Power BI blog

Connecting to DR with Power BI

In our first Power BI blog, we introduced the Power BI platform and reviewed the desktop applications and cloud-based tools we can use to develop and share reports and dashboards. In this blog, we’ll look more specifically at the ins and outs of using Power BI with MEDITECH Data Repository.

Power BI blog

Microsoft Power BI and DR

MEDITECH’s Data Repository has come a long way since its inception over twenty years ago. In the early days of DR, usable front-end reporting tools were few and far between: Microsoft Access and Crystal Reports were common choices for many hospitals. Fast forward to 2021 however, and DR is an integral part of the MEDITECH EHR and report developers have a variety of tools to use: the ubiquitous SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) from Microsoft; MEDITECH’s BCA with MicroStrategy; and third-party software like Tableau and Qlik, among others.

2022 IPPS Final Rule

CMS recently published the FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule which includes several proposed changes to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs). For the full text of the rule, see the Federal Register.

2022 QPP Proposed Rule

CMS recently published the CY 2022 Quality Payment Program (QPP) proposed rules which include many changes to the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for 2022 and subsequent reporting years. The full text of the rule can be viewed on the Federal Register.