Senate Health Panel To Suggest Meaningful Use Fixes By Fall, May Urge Stage 3 Delay

Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said he plans to suggest four or five ways to fix the troubled electronic health records meaningful use program by this fall and may urge HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell to delay the third stage of meaningful use as his panel continues its probe. Alexander signaled he sympathizes with providers’ calls for a delay at a hearing Thursday (July 23) where his committee homed in on data sharing and information blocking issues plaguing the...