Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.’s Medical Practice EMR Receives 2014 ONC HIT Certification
January 16, 2014
MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI), a leading provider
of healthcare information technology to rural, community and specialty
hospitals, announced today that the CPSI Medical Practice EMR System,
Version 19, is compliant with the ONC 2014 Edition criteria and was
certified as a Complete EHR on Dec. 22, 2013, by the Certification
Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ACB, in
accordance with the applicable Eligible Provider certification criteria
adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The ONC 2014
Edition criteria support both Stage 1 and 2 Meaningful Use measures
required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
“CPSI remains committed to ensuring that our customers remain eligible
for all available EHR incentives. Maintaining current ONC certification
for both our hospital and ambulatory products is a key component of our
strategy,” said Boyd Douglas, CPSI president and chief executive
officer. “In fact, CPSI is the only vendor in the rural and community
EHR sector to offer its own internally developed, fully integrated and
ONC 2014 certified hospital and ambulatory products. The resulting
system provides the assurance of a certified, integrated solution across
the continuity of care.”
The ONC HIT Certification Program certifies that Complete EHRs meet all
of the 2014 Edition criteria and EHR Modules meet one or more – but not
all – of the criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (HHS) for either eligible provider or hospital technology.
“CCHIT congratulates companies successfully achieving EHR technology
certification,” said Alisa Ray, executive director, CCHIT. “These
companies are now able to make their products available to providers
wishing to adopt health IT to demonstrate Meaningful Use and earn
Stage 1 or Stage 2 incentives.”
CPSI Medical Practice EMR, Version 19’s certification number is
CC-2014-811229-2. ONC HIT certification conferred by CCHIT does not
represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
The clinical quality measures to which CPSI Medical Practice EMR has
been certified include: CMS122v2, CMS126v2, CMS130v2, CMS138v2,
CMS146v2, CMS154v2, CMS155v2, CMS158v2 and CMS165v2.
The additional software CPSI Medical Practice EMR relied upon to
demonstrate compliance includes: hDirect Core Services, HLI Clinical
Vocabulary, Truven Health Clinical Monitoring with Infobutton and Truven
Health Patient Education with Infobutton.
The additional types of costs that an eligible provider would pay to
implement the CPSI Medical Practice EMR System, Version 19 in order to
attempt to meet Meaningful Use objectives and measures include: data
conversion and setup, implementation and training and ongoing support
services.
About Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (CPSI)
CPSI
is a leading provider of electronic health records systems for more than
650 community, rural and critical access hospitals and their 12,000
providers. Founded in 1979, the Company is dedicated to meeting the
ever-changing needs of health IT, while optimizing the quality of care
for communities in 45 states and the District of Columbia. CPSI provides
a complete information and patient care system from business office to
bedside combined with comprehensive implementation, training and ongoing
support from our staff of more than 1,400 healthcare and business
professionals. CPSI’s wholly owned subsidiary, TruBridge,
focuses exclusively on providing business office, consulting and managed
IT services to rural and community healthcare organizations, regardless
of their IT vendor. To join the conversation with CPSI, connect with us
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blog. For more information, visit www.cpsi.com
or www.trubridge.net.
About CCHIT
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®)
is an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the public
mission of accelerating the adoption of robust, interoperable health
information technology. The Commission has been certifying electronic
health record technology since 2006 and is authorized by the Office of
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a certification
body (ONC-ACB). CCHIT is accredited by the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) as a certification body for the ONC HIT Certification
Program for electronic health record (EHR) technology and accredited by
the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as an Accredited
Testing Laboratory (ATL) to test EHRs. More information on CCHIT and its
programs is available at http://cchit.org.
About the ONC HIT Certification Program
The ONC HIT Certification Program, provided by the Certification
Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®)” as an Office of
the National Coordinator – Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB),
evaluates EHR technology that has been tested against criteria and
standards adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
This certification qualifies EHRs as capable of supporting achievement
of meaningful use for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs
authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
ONC HIT certification conferred by the Certification Commission does not
represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
“CCHIT®” and “CCHIT Certified®” are registered trademarks of the
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.
Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.
Boyd Douglas, 251-639-8100
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Source: Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.