It’s Here: CMS’s Proposed Rule Implementing the HITECH Act

Thu, Dec 31, 2009

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We’ve got the links to help you learn more about the rule.

Well, it looks like CMS meant what it said and said what it meant, despite the skeptics out there.

Like a particularly deft limbo dancer, the agency made its end-of-2009 deadline for a proposed rule implementing the HITECH Act. The 555-page document landed online with a ‘thud’ on December 30th.

Those of you who want to save this heavy reading project until after your New Year’s revelries can go here for some fact sheets. You’ll learn nifty new HIT acronyms like ‘EP,’ which should make you the hit of any cocktail party.

The public comment period for the rule is 60 days. Stay tuned to HIT News for in-depth analysis of the rule, as well as a roundup of what healthcare providers are saying about it.

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