Congress Takes Another Look at Meaningful Use

With the Department of Health and Human Services already looking past Meaningful Use, Congress is training its sights on the short-term realities of the increasingly loathed electronic health records incentive program.

Wednesday, a bipartisan group of representatives and senators introduced a succinct bill that would shorten the Meaningful Use reporting period to 90 days for 2016 only, rather than the full year. Providers would be able to choose any quarter they like this year, according to the two-paragraph Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act (H.R. 5001).