ONC has announced that ATCBs can accept contracts to certify for HITECH Stage 1 up until fiscal year 2014, which starts 10/1/2013 for hospitals and 1/1/2014 for eligible professionals. ATCB contracts that are executed prior to the Stage 2 Final…
Have you received your Stage 1 HITECH certification yet? If not, you should sign up with an ONC Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) as soon as possible! The permanent certification program, also known as Stage 2 and the 2014…
Source of Confusion It seems a common source of confusion around the meaningful use certification requirements from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) involves the position of the industry’s previous certifying body, CCHIT. Many of…