CMS issues final rules on “meaningful use”

Editor's Note

The Centers Medicare & Medicaid Services on October 6 released final rules on “meaningful use” for electronic health records.

The rules cover three components of the electronic health records meaningful use program: It finalizes modifications to stages 1 and 2, covers requirements for stage 3, and it addresses the 2015 electronic health records certification criteria.

CMS is also giving an additional 60-day public comment period for certain provisions of the payment system that could affect meaningful use.

Date 2015-10-06 Title Fact Sheet: Electronic Health Record Incentive Program and Health IT Certification Program Final Rule Contact go.cms.gov/media Fact Sheet: Electronic Health Record Incentive Program and Health IT Certification Program Final Rules Shared Goals Patients, providers, businesses, health plans, and taxpayers all have a common interest in building a health care system that delivers better care, spends health care dollars more wisely, and makes our communities healthier - all with the patient at the center of their care.