HIT Meaningful Use-Sign-on Letter
June 26, 2009
David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Suite 729D Washington, DC 20201
Re: HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Comments
Dear Dr. Blumenthal:
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide financial incentives for eligible physicians who meaningfully use electronic health records (EHRs). These incentive payments begin in 2011 for eligible Medicare physicians; physicians who have not demonstrated they are a meaningful user of an EHR by 2015 will face reductions in their Medicare payments which start at 1 percent.
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