Alexander Justifies Meaningful Use Delay; Cassidy Plans Electronic Health Records Bill

Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and other lawmakers in the House and Senate continued calls for a delay of the third stage of CMS' meaningful use final rule -- partly, Alexander said at a hearing, because of legislation the committee has been working on to improve electronic health records. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) also announced at the Senate health committee's sixth heath IT hearing that he and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) plan to introduce legislation on electronic health...