On February 17th, members of the HIT Policy Committee made official recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, David Blumenthal, one of which was to “allow some flexibility in meeting meaningful use criteria”. In essence, the recommendation is to give providers the ability to defer up to six of the stage 1 meaningful use criteria, and still be eligible for incentive payments. This is great news indeed (if implemented), however, seven criteria will remain mandatory, one of which is ePrescribing, something us chiropractors have little use for. Click here if you would like to read the 8 page recommendations letter from the Policy Committee; recommendation #12 pertains to the above.
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