Over 50 organizations — including CHIME and the AHA — have written a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to demand CMS make major changes to the Meaningful Use NPRM.
The group is asking for:
- Greater flexibility in meeting meaningful use;
- More time to achieve meaningful use;
- Small physician practice representation on the Health IT Policy Committee;
- A feedback loop on program performance;
- A focus on clinical functions;
- A less restrictive definition of a hospital;
- Less burdensome reporting requirements;
- Greater attention to operational issues; and
- Harmonizing the Medicaid and Medicare EHR incentive programs.
Other signatories to the letter include:
- AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine
- American Academy of Dermatology Association
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Academy of Neurology Professional Association
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American College of Cardiology
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American College of Gastroenterology
- American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
- American College of Physicians
- American College of Radiation Oncology
- American College of Radiology
- American College of Rheumatology
- American College of Surgeons
- American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Geriatrics Society
- American Medical Association
- American Organization of Nurse Executives
- American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
- America Psychiatric Association
- American Rhinologic Society
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- American Society for Radiation Oncology
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- American Society of Hematology
- American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Urological Association
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Catholic Health Association of the United States
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Federation of American Hospitals
- Healthcare Leadership Council
- Heart Rhythm Society
- Medical Group Management Association
- National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
- National Rural Health Association
- North American Spine Society
- Premier, Inc.
- Renal Physicians Association
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
- Society for Vascular Surgery
- Society of Hospital Medicine
- Society of Nuclear Medicine
- The Endocrine Society
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