Policy: CMS Introduces 'Promoting Interoperability' as MU Rebrand
Burdens are reduced, but providers face penalties for not sharing data with patients.
If your head is spinning over all the change CMS has unloaded in the last year, you're in good company. And the overhauls and curtailments keep coming, recent Medicare change-ups suggest.
Background: In 2011, the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive programs were introduced to encourage medical professionals to "adopt, implement, upgrade (AIU), and demonstrate the meaningful use of certified EHR technology (CEHRT)" in order to better serve patients, stressed CMS in a release. Over the years, Meaningful Use (MU), as the programs came to be known...
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