Category: Meaningful Use

EHR Vendors Beware: eClinicalWorks Settles with DOJ for $155 Million

The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced on May 31, 2017, a $155 million settlement of its lawsuit alleging False Claims Act (“FCA”) and Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) violations committed by eClinicalWorks (“eCW”), one of the nation’s largest electronic health records (“EHR”) software vendors. Brendan Delaney, the original qui tam plaintiff in the case, will receive approximately...

EHR ROI: Meaningful Use and Leveraging Your Electronic Health Record

June 5, 2015 Shira Hauschen leads Dorsey Health Strategies LLC, a consulting firm serving the health industry affiliated with Dorsey & Whitney LLP. This article originally appeared in the Minnesota Hospital Association’s May 2015 issue of “Health Care Leader.” Meaningful Use (MU) is again at the forefront of many hospital leaders’ minds, as the Centers...