Meaningful Use Rules Focus on Transitions of Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the latest rules for Meaningful Use Stage 3 (MU3). In these updated rules, CMS restructured the program to open MU3 to different solution vendors. The updated rules also allow the program to include providers such as skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and home health agencies.

Although CMS made this change by expanding the definition of certified solutions beyond electronic health records (EHRs), structural challenges in the program will continue to impede participation by post-acute care settings.