“The meaningful use workgroup, which reports to HHS’ Health IT Policy Committee, recommended a reduction in the number of measures providers would need to meet in order to qualify for federal incentive funds under CMS. From the overall feedback CMS has received since the meaningful use criteria was released at the end of December 2009, it’s the right thing to do.
At the San Francisco Healthcare Stimulus Exchange Road Show last month, Paul Tang, MD, the workgroup’s other co-chairman and vice-chairman of the policy committee and CMIO of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, indicated that the final criteria would not become more stringent than the proposed criteria. That was a good sign.”
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Patty Enrado, EHRWatch, 17 February 2010
