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Azalea Health EHR 2.1 Earns ONC-HIT Certification for all 64 CMS Clinical Quality Measures

Azalea Health EHR 2.1 Earns ONC-HIT Certification for all 64 CMS Clinical Quality Measures

Terry SirokyNews, Press Releases

ATLANTA, GA – (November 18, 2015) – Azalea Health’s solution, Azalea EHR 2.1, is one of a select few EHRs to achieve certification on all 64 CMS clinical quality measures (CQMs). Eligible providers are required to report on CQMs to demonstrate meaningful use and receive an incentive payment under the Meaningful Use Stage 2 rule. The provider can select and report on nine from the list of 64 approved CQMs for the electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs.

“Our healthcare system is evolving rapidly towards quality and outcomes-based payments so it’s imperative for Azalea to ensure we offer the most innovative, flexible and functional EHR as well as quality reporting platform for physicians and other care providers,” said Baha Zeidan, CEO of Azalea Health.  “The three main pillars of our company are innovation, partnership and leadership and this CQM certification embodies those pillars as we navigate our customers successfully through the future of healthcare.”

The Azalea 2.1 EHR includes fully integrated electronic health records, practice management, interoperability services, patient portal, personal health records, telehealth, and the AzaleaM mobile platform integrated with Apple® HealthKit, as well as revenue cycle performance services.

Azalea Health helps reduce the complexity of operating a medical practice, enabling physicians to spend more time with their patients. Azalea’s cloud-based solution is simple to implement and easy to use, streamlining administrative workflow while maximizing a practice’s resources and revenue cycle.

Certification Details

This Complete EHR is 2014 Edition compliant and has been certified by an ONC-ACB in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

Vendor name:  Azalea Health

Date Certified:  10/8/2015

Product Version:  Azalea EHR 2.1

Criteria Certified:  170.314 (a)(1‐15); (b)(1‐5, 7); (c)(1‐3); (d)(1‐8); (e)(1‐3); (f)(1‐3); (g)(2‐4) Certification ID Number:  10082015-3440-5

Clinical Quality Measures Certified: 2v4; 22v3; 50v3; 52v3; 56v3; 61v4; 62v3; 64v4; 65v4; 66v3; 68v4; 69v3; 74v4; 75v3; 77v3; 82v2; 90v4; 117v3; 122v3; 123v3; 124v3; 125v3; 126v3; 127v3; 128v3; 129v4; 130v3; 131v3; 132v3; 133v3; 134v3; 135v3; 136v4; 137v3; 138v3; 139v3; 140v3; 141v4; 142v3; 143v3; 144v3; 145v3; 146v3; 147v4; 148v3; 149v3; 153v3; 154v3; 155v3; 156v3; 157v3; 158v3; 159v3; 160v3; 161v3; 163v3; 164v3; 165v3; 166v4; 167v3; 169v3; 177v3; 179v3; 182v4

Any additional software relied upon to Certify:  DrFirst Rcopia

*Price Transparency: Azalea 2.1 EHR – Monthly software subscription fee and one-time set-up & training fee.

*Azalea EHR 2.1 may require one-time costs to establish interfaces for reporting to immunization registries and public health agencies.

See the full press release at www.marketwired.com.

About Azalea Health

Azalea Health is a leading provider of fully integrated, technology-enabled healthcare solutions and managed services for practices of all sizes and most specialties. Azalea’s comprehensive portfolio includes integrated electronic health records, practice management, electronic prescribing, interoperability services, personal health records, patient portal, telehealth, AzaleaM mobile platform integrated with Apple® HealthKit, as well as revenue cycle performance services. The Azalea platform also provides tools and resources to help customers meet their Meaningful Use and ICD-10 requirements as well as strategies to navigate accountable care and alternative payment models. To learn more, please visitwww.AzaleaHealth.com, call (877) 777-7686 or connect via social media on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Media Contact:  Lynn Hood, lynn@crackerjack-marketing.com, 678-974-2623

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Meaningful Use 2 – pushed back one year

By Joseph Conn

Posted: December 6, 2013 – 3:30 pm ET
“The CMS is giving providers another year to show they’ve met the Stage 2 criteria of the federal government’s incentive program to encourage the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records. That means the start of the next phase will be pushed back a year.”
Stage 2 will be extended through 2016 and Stage 3 won’t begin until at least fiscal 2017 for hospitals and calendar year 2017 for physicians and other eligible professionals who have by then completed at least two years at Stage 2.The latest extension parallels what the feds did with Stage 1, which was originally set to last two years but was lengthened by a year when it appeared the industry would be overstretched to build and get acclimated to systems capable of meeting the federal payment program’s more stringent Stage 2 criteria.”

“The goal of this change is twofold,” according to a CMS statement from Robert Tagalicod, director of the Office for E-Health Standards and Services at the CMS, and Dr. Jacob Reider, acting head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS. First, the statement said, its aim is “to allow CMS and ONC to focus efforts on the successful implementation of the enhanced patient engagement, interoperability and health information exchange requirements in Stage 2.” Second, they said, it’s “to utilize data from Stage 2 participation to information policy decisions for Stage 3.”  READ MORE

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