CMS Announces New Meaningful Use Implementation Timeline

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have updated the implementation timeline for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.

Here is the full statement:

Progress on Adoption of Electronic Health Records
New Data Shows Rapid Adoption of EHRs; Announcements of 2015 Policies

Robert Tagalicod, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, CMS
and
Jacob Reider, MD, Acting National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, ONC

Since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – which included the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs – was signed into law, the nation has seen unprecedented growth in the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). Between 2009 and 2012, EHR adoption nearly doubled among physicians and more than tripled among hospitals. [...]