Save the stamps. Health information handlers offering electronic record submission for CMS audits.

摘要

THE esMD PROGRAM has been growing at a fast rate since it was launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in September 2011. To date over 78,000 medical record submissions have been sent via the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) to CMS in response to an audit request for records. The NwHIN was recently rebranded with the name "eHealth Exchange" and is supported by the non-profit organization Healtheway with a goal to focus on cross-industry collaboration that advances health information exchange implementation. esMD allows providers to send medical records electronically to CMS' auditing contractors (RACs, PERMs, MACs, and others) rather than submitting paper records through the mail.