Post-election day: What’s it mean for health IT?- POLITICO Morning eHealth - POLITICO.com
By ASHLEY GOLD | 11/05/14 10:01 AM EDT
With help from David Pittman (@David_Pittman) and Arthur Allen (@ArthurAllen202)
GOP SWEEP: OPPORTUNITY FOR A FRESH START FOR HEALTH IT: Industry stakeholders agree that the newly Republican-controlled Senate gives health IT proponents a chance to reintroduce their beefs to Congress, and the new blood is expected to advance health IT issues that have been stagnant. Rep. Renee Ellmers, who introduced the Flex-IT Bill that would change the meaningful use stage 2 reporting period from 365 to 90 days, kept her seat. Rep. Fred Upton, who chairs the Energy & Commerce Committee and has been pushing health innovation with the 21st Century Cures initiative, won handily. The Senate, which under Democratic leadership had been less eager to attack the administration’s health IT program, should act on some legislation next year, said Health IT NOW executive director Joel White. He pointed out that three incoming senators — Rep. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and Rep. James Lankford of Oklahoma — have major health policy experience under their belts. Capito wrote her own Medicare Part D bill as a congresswoman in 2003. Lankford chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee that oversaw health issues. Sasse was principal advisor to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt in the George W. Bush administration. “He was on the inside creating a lot of these polices,” says White. “These guys know you either fix this stuff or get rid of it.”
Click the link above for access to the article
#ICD10 #ICDRemediator #ICD10Matters #HealthIT
Get Remediator to assist in your readiness for the ICD-10 switchover www.icdremediator.com
No comments:
Post a Comment