The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to two proposals related to meaningful use guidelines.
In response to the meaningful use stage 2 proposed rule, HIMSS strongly suggests that the government incorporate a 90- to 180-day reporting period for the first year of stage 2 in 2014.
As part of the stage 2 final rule, HIMSS is asking HHS to continue reviewing and reassessing the timeline to maximize the amount of time participants and vendors have to prepare for meaningful use stage 2.
HIMSS is also recommending that 2014 be limited to a 90- to 180-day reporting period, and that HHS reconsider the proposal that providers who are in stage 1 be required to meet all of the criteria changes to stage 1 by 2014.
