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HIT rules released: HIT standards and definition of "meaningful use" and criteria for electronic health record incentive program

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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January 13 2010

On January 13, 2010, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published an interim final rule (the "Standards Rule") to adopt an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for health information technology

Use of technology by laboratories a focus of meaningful use for ambulatory providers

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 21 2009

The Information Exchange (IE) Workgroup, in a presentation delivered at the December 15, 2009 meeting of the HIT Policy Committee, reported electronic lab ordering and results delivery to be "key elements" of meaningful use, noting that electronic lab results delivery, along with electronic prescribing, will be a "pillar" of the 2011 meaningful use requirements for ambulatory providers

HIT Meaningful Use Workgroup approximates 2010 timeline

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 21 2009

At a meeting of the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee on December 15, 2009, the Meaningful Use Workgroup provided an update of the approximate timeline for the development of meaningful use criteria

Pennsylvania issues licensing regulations for home care agencies and registries

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 16 2009

In the Pennsylvania Bulletin of Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, the Pennsylvania Department of Health published final regulations governing home care agencies and registries operating in the Commonwealth

Restructuring of the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 4 2009

Effective December 1, 2009, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology reorganized its substructure to "more effectively meet the mission outlined by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health ("HITECH") Act

HIT Policy and Standards Committee meetings (Dec. 15 & 18)

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 4 2009

On December 15, 2009, the HHS Office of the National Coordinator’s HIT Policy Committee will meet to hear reports from its workgroups, including the Meaningful Use Workgroup

Health information privacy and incentives, Medicaid funding, and other health care provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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March 4 2009

On Feb. 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the “ARRA”