“The Medical Group Management Association has raised concerns that new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act disclosure requirements for electronic health records are burdensome, costly, unnecessary, and will impede the adoption of EHRs.
In a letter dated May 18 to Georgina Verdugo, director of the Department of Health and Human Services’ office for civil rights, MGMA president William Jessee outlined his organization’s position and urged significant modifications to the new HIPAA disclosure requirements.”
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare, 21 May 2010
