tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 1

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Senate Stresses Physician Incentives, EMR In IT Bill

Legislation part of continued effort to kick-start HIT adoption.The Senate approved the Wired for Health Care Quality Act by voice vote on Nov. 18. The bipartisan legislation--the first health information technology bill Congress has ever passed--promotes utilizing HIT to expand the use of electronic medical records and provides incentives for providers to implement the technology.Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sponsored the bill, and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) co-sponsored it. In addition, the bill includes legislation Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) previously introduced...

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