Six U.S. Senators introduced a bill that aims to provide regulatory flexibility to providers and hospitals operating under the meaningful use program by easing reporting requirements and instituting a 90-day reporting period.
The bill also extends the ability for eligible providers and hospitals to apply for hardship exemptions from the meaningful use requirements.
The sponsors of the bill, S. 3173, the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Regulatory Relief Act, are the same six legislators who are members of the Senate REBOOT group and authored a 2013 report, “REBOOT: Re-examining the Strategies Needed to Successfully Adopt Health IT,” outlining their concerns with the meaningful use program.
