Health Care Reform Updates

CMS Issues Final "Meaningful Use" Definition

CMS released the final rule laying out the definition of “meaningful use” of an electronic health record (EHR) system.  view CMA's summary of the final rule

Please click on the below to view the latest information on Electronic Health Records.

• Incentives provided for MediCal vs. MediCare
• Incentives under MediCal
• Incentives under MediCare
• Requirements for qualifying for MediCal incentives

General Resources for Physicians

www.palmedconnect.org
This is a grant-funded palliative medicine resource hotline website. The hotline is completely free for healthcare professionals to call, whenever they have any questions regarding palliative care. The hotline is available to answer inquiries regarding about pain and symptom management, opioid conversion, having difficult family conversations, etc.

www.palliativemed.org
This is The Institute for Palliative Medicine’s website. This site focuses on the palliative care education and research for healthcare professionals. The Institute provides training to over 2,000 healthcare professionals annually, conduct research studies to help improve care for patients with advanced illnesses and we also have an online store for that features our educational products.

Click to view Guidelines for Physicians on Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatment for Adult Patients.

Click view information on guidelines for community physicians regarding participation in clinical drug or device trials.