House Republican Pushes Bill To Delay Stage 3 Meaningful Use As Senators Weigh Fixes

A key House Republican on health care matters has weighed in with legislation to push back the third stage of CMS’ troubled electronic health records meaningful use program, coming as the Senate health committee explores fixes and may call for an administrative delay. The House bill, by Energy & Commerce member Renee Ellmers (NC), also follows the House passage of the 21 st Century Cures legislation, which included interoperability policy but did not focus on meaningful use reforms. Ellmers’ bill,...