CMS Proposes to Let Docs Use Older EHRs in Incentive Program
In another victory for organized medicine, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed today to let physicians in its "meaningful use" incentive program for electronic health record (EHR) systems use Stage 1 technology to satisfy Stage 2 requirements in 2014.
The proposal also would allow some physicians to achieve Stage 2 meaningful use in 2014 using Stage 1 objectives and measures for patient care.
What does this mean? Read full article.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/825469?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=137896DK
The upgrade to 5.8 and, later this summer to 8.3, is to make our EHR 2014 compliant. " Organized Medicine" seems to be a day or 2 behind our upgrade schedule!
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