Multiple healthcare organizations hustled ahead of Monday's deadline to file comments on the proposed Stage 2 meaningful-use rules for the federally funded electronic health-records incentive payment programs under Medicare and Medicaid.
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Source: ModernHealthcare.com
Among the submitters were the American Medical Association and 98 state and medical specialty societies in a joint, 37-page letter (PDF) to CMS acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. Also commenting was the MGMA-ACMPE, in a 29-page missive (DOC) to her.
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