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Federal Health IT Officials Say MU Stage 3 “Still in Effect”

Healthcare Informatics: Federal health IT officials have offered some updated details on the future of the meaningful use program, predominantly noting that the existing Stage 3 regulations remain in effect and that any changes will take time to implement.

Andy Slavitt, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator, and Karen DeSalvo, M.D., National Coordinator for Health IT, co-authored a column on the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology’s (ONC’s) website on Jan. 19 that perhaps looked to clarify some of the confusion that resulted from last week’s surprising announcement by Slavitt that said, “The meaningful use program as it has existed will now be effectively over and replaced with something better.”

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