Provider organizations unhappy with proposed health IT rules
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, January 11, 2010
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Hospital and provider groups are leveling criticism against the two long-awaited proposed regulations released December 30 by CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Improvement Technology to fund expansion of health information technology.
Hospitals have "serious concerns that the new health information technology rules severely limit hospitals' ability to access federal financing for health information technology that is used to improve patient care," American Hospital Association (AHA) Executive Vice President Rick Pollack said in a statement.
Read the full story by Janice Simmons of HealthLeaders Media.
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