The meaningful use workgroup, which advises the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, has recommended it push back stage 2 of meaningful use by one year to 2014 in order to ease time restraints for eligible providers who attest in 2011, according to a Health Data Management news report.
In a draft letter addressed to the ONC, workgroup members cited vendors' and eligible healthcare providers' concerns that the current timeframe for stage 2 meaningful use "poses a nearly insurmountable timing challenge" for those seeking attestation in 2013.
According to the news report, the stage 2 final rule is likely to be released June 2012. This deadline would make it difficult for vendors to design new electronic health records with the required functionalities by Oct. 2012. Similarly, eligible providers that have attested in 2011 would face the challenge of adopting and demonstrating meaningful use of these systems by Jan. 2013.
Read the news report about the meaningful use workgroup's recommendation on stage 2.
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In a draft letter addressed to the ONC, workgroup members cited vendors' and eligible healthcare providers' concerns that the current timeframe for stage 2 meaningful use "poses a nearly insurmountable timing challenge" for those seeking attestation in 2013.
According to the news report, the stage 2 final rule is likely to be released June 2012. This deadline would make it difficult for vendors to design new electronic health records with the required functionalities by Oct. 2012. Similarly, eligible providers that have attested in 2011 would face the challenge of adopting and demonstrating meaningful use of these systems by Jan. 2013.
Read the news report about the meaningful use workgroup's recommendation on stage 2.
Related Articles on Meaningful Use:
AHRQ to Study How to Overcome Medicaid Meaningful Use Challenges
Frequency of Hospital Data Breaches May Impede Meaningful Use Efforts
Healthcare Providers That Don't E-Prescribe May See 1% Medicare Payment Reduction