U.S. Representatives last week introduced bipartisan legislation to ease the burden that the meaningful use EHR incentive program puts on healthcare providers.
The bill, H.R 3120, introduced Friday by Texas Republican Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, is short on paper but sweeping in its intent. Simply put: The proposed legislation strikes sentences from the HITECH Act requiring the HHS Secretary, now Tom Price, MD, to make meaningful use measures increasingly stringent.
