Okay ? busted?
Fair enough and reasonable complaint. I?ve been dragging my feet to send out a newsletter because I wanted to have the V6 link there and ready for release. Alas, as always, last minute bugs were identified during beta testing and have been fixed, and we are now testing those fixes back at some beta sites to ensure we don?t need another build immediately following this. I expect a wider beta release next week, and the official release a few weeks after that.
For those that have used Amazing Charts for years, you'll recall that we used to release versions earlier in the QA/testing cycle, but then folks had to reinstall Amazing Charts over and over again on all their computers as bugs were discovered and the program fixed and re-released. We've changed our approach over time and now do much more QA and testing before releasing a version.
This version is ONC-ATCB Certified for Meaningful Use and (as of today, also CCHIT 2011 Certified as a comprehensive EHR (pre-market status until in use for more than 45 days)). For those who are planning on going for the Meaningful Use stimuus money from CMS, you just need to use V6 for 90 days ? and meet the Meaningful Use requirements (that have been color-coded in V6) ? to apply for the money. Keep in mind, though, that you have until Q2 2012 to apply for the 2011 EHR money.
Bottom line: V6 is in beta testing still and, barring any significant bugs, should be released later this month.
In terms of Meaningful Use, the bottom line is that for any providers who collected more than 24K from Medicare/year, you can get up to 44K over the next 5 years. (Less than this if you collected less. And if you have a significant percentage of Medicaid patients, there is potentially even more money available. Click
here for more info on who is eligible.
Jon
