NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today that its NextGen® Ambulatory EHR version 5.8 is compliant with the ONC 2014 Edition criteria and was certified as a Complete EHR on March 1, 2013 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ACB, in accordance with the applicable Eligible certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).The ONC 2014 Edition criteria support both Stage 1 and 2 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The ONC HIT Certification Program certifies that Complete EHRs meet all of the 2014 Edition criteria and EHR Modules meet one or more — but not all — of the criteria approved by the Secretary of HHS for either eligible provider or hospital technology. Companies offering ONC HIT certified EHR modules may return to test additional ONC 2014 Edition criteria and certify their products as Complete EHRs later. ONC HIT certification updates will be available at http://www.cchit.org as they occur.
"We believe that the certification of NextGen Ambulatory EHR is an essential benchmark for performance that should be used by clinical professionals to evaluate the quality of the software they use. As constraints on provider's time become more prevalent, healthcare professionals are turning to technology-driven solutions that can increase practice efficiencies and allow them to focus on delivering quality care to their patients," said Steve Plochocki, president and chief executive office for Quality Systems, Inc. "To help address this need, we are committed to providing our clients with the best possible solutions for their practices."
"CCHIT congratulates companies successfully achieving EHR technology certification," said Alisa Ray, executive director, CCHIT. "These companies are now able to make their products available to providers wishing to adopt health IT to demonstrate meaningful use and earn Stage 1 or Stage 2 incentives."
The ONC 2014 Edition certification number for NextGen Ambulatory EHR version 5.8 is CC-2014-345777-3. ONC HIT certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The clinical quality measures to which NextGen Ambulatory EHR version 5.8 has been certified include: CMS2v2, CMS50v1, CMS69v1, CMS75v1, CMS90v2, CMS117v1, CMS136v2, CMS138v1, CMS146v1, CMS153v1, CMS154v1, CMS155v1, CMS156v1, CMS161v1 and CMS165v1.
The additional software that the NextGen Ambulatory EHR version 5.8 relied upon to demonstrate compliance includes: NextGen® Health Quality Measures (HQM) version 3.40, NextGen Healthcare Rosetta version 5.6 and First Data Bank.
Other costs that an eligible provider would pay to implement the NextGen Ambulatory EHR version 5.8 to attempt to meet meaningful use objectives and measures include: additional license and monthly subscription fees for NextGen® Patient Portal and charges for interface development to all external sources.
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