CMS Finalizes Stage 2 Standards For Electronic Health Records With Delayed Implementation
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Agency gives eligible physicians and hospitals that started earning incentive payments for the meaningful use of electronic health records in 2011 an additional year, until 2014, to begin demonstrating that they are meeting the standards outlined in the recently finalized rule.
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