It appears the GOP has been busy during recess. The House Republican leaders suggested that HHS should suspend incentive payments to providers in the electronic health-records program and delay penalties to those that do not integrate health IT until the federal department can define clear, interoperable standards.
As you can imagine, this creates some dialogue regarding definition of standards and how to manage the implementation process. There is also some concern about suspending payment to those providers who have already qualified for payment, so it is unsure how this will impact the EHR implementation process.
Click here to read the letter that was submitted to Secretary Sebelius.
