AAO, other groups urge CMS to delay stage 3 Meaningful Use requirements

Ophthalmologists are struggling to meet attestation requirements of the Meaningful Use program for electronic health record adoption, the American Academy of Ophthalmology informed the CMS.According to a statement from the AAO, a coalition of medical societies, including the AAO and American Medical Association, is asking CMS to create a hardship exception for providers affected by delayed rulemaking for Meaningful Use stages 1 and 2 and to delay finalization of the proposed stage 3 rule.

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