Meaningful Use
A CSC survey suggests that many hospitals and physician practices aren't ready to meet the terms of “meaningful use” of healthcare IT by 2015.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that Medicaid programs in Tennessee and Pennsylvania will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Physicians and privacy advocates aren't pleased with the newly proposed "meaningful use" requirements with which providers will likely have to comply to gain bonuses under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.