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Bill would shorten Meaningful Use reporting period, delay Stage 3

Rep. Renee Elmers (R-N.C.) on Thursday introduced legislation that would prevent the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from even writing the final Stage 3 Meaningful Use rules until at least 2017. It also would permanently shorten the annual attestation period to 90 days, rather than the full year, and institute a "linear scale" next year for compliance to replace the current all-or-nothing nature of the EHR incentive program.

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CHIME calls for national patient ID with $1M challenge

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, better known as CHIME, is launching a $1 million challenge effort to help spur the creation of a national patient ID, which it says will help with online security and accuracy. “There is a growing consensus among payers and providers that a unique patient ID would radically reduce […]