Providers, Vendors Urge CMS To Release Final 2015 Meaningful Use Changes

Providers, vendors and other health IT stakeholders are asking CMS to quickly finalize its proposed rule adding additional flexibility to the troubled meaningful use program in 2015 through 2017, as providers are quickly running out of time to make the necessary changes the rule would require. The proposed rule , released in April, would shorten the reporting period for the program to 90 days in 2015, remove measures the agency says are redundant or “topped out” and are no longer...