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HHS dials back requirements, offers flexibility in final meaningful use rule
In releasing the final rules for Stage 1 of the "meaningful use" Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program on Tuesday, federal officials have pulled back from the more aggressive plan outlined in... Read more...
CMS: Final meaningful use, certification rules sent to OMB
How do we know the rules for meaningful use will be out any day now? CMS has sent its regulatory language to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, the final stage in the... Read more...
ONC to seek feedback on NHIN Exchange governance structure
In preparation for expanding the Nationwide Health Information Network's NHIN Exchange beyond federal agencies and their contractors and grantees, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health... Read more...
Blumenthal: Certified EHRs should be available by fall
The health IT community should know by this fall if EHRs they have purchased or are considering purchasing are certified under the federal government's new, temporary certification program, national... Read more...
DEA releases long-awaited rule on e-prescribing of controlled substances
After years of promises and delays both bureaucratic and political, electronic prescribing of controlled substances is almost a reality. The Drug Enforcement Agency on Wednesday moved a step closer... Read more...
ONC corrects EMR certification proposal
The long-awaited and widely reported release of the proposed rule to establish a federally supervised EMR certification program last week apparently was just a dress rehearsal. The Office of the... Read more...
HIMSS10: ONC proposes two-phase EHR certification plan
On Sunday, before the start of the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference in Atlanta, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives urged federal... Read more...
Blumenthal: Final 'meaningful use' regs won't be out before spring
Don't expect to see final regulations for "meaningful use" of EMRs until the second quarter of next year. National health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal gave that warning last week to remind... Read more...
