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HIT Timeline

2009

 

3rd Quarter

HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Workgroup to develop process for updating meaningful use objectives (and tag 2011 measures relevant to specialties)

July 9

David Blumenthal to address AAMC Advisory Panel Meeting

July 14

HIT Policy Committee's Certification/Adoption Workgroup Meeting to Hear Testimony on Certification Options

July 16

HIT Policy Committee meeting

July 21

HIT Standards Committee meeting

August 14

HIT Policy Committee meeting

August 20

HIT Standards Committee meeting

September 15

HIT Standards Committee meeting

September 18

HIT Policy Committee meeting

4th Quarter

HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Workgroup to conduct informational hearings to inform 2013 and 2015 criteria development

October 14

HIT Standards Committee meeting

October 27

HIT Policy Committee meeting

November 17

HIT Standards Committee meeting

December 15

HIT Policy Committee meeting

December 18

HIT Standards Committee meeting

December 31

Deadline for HHS to publish rule adopting an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria

2010

 

First Quarter

HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Workgroup to work with HIT Standards Committee to ascertain availability of relevant standards

Third Quarter

HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Workgroup to refine 2013 meaningful use criteria

Fourth Quarter

HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Workgroup to assess industry preparedness for meeting 2011 and initial 2013 meaningful use criteria

October

Earliest CMS will start paying hospitals Medicare incentives

2011

 

January

Earliest CMS will start paying physician Medicare incentives, hospital Medicaid incentives, and physician Medicaid incentives

2011–2016

CMS will continue to pay and monitor hospital and physician Medicare incentives

2011–2021

CMS will continue to pay and monitor hospital and physician Medicaid incentives

2015

and thereafter


Medicare payment penalties begin for hospitals and physicians that fail to become "meaningful users" of EHRs


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