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S 3173 114th Congress Senate Health Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Medicare

EHR Regulatory Relief Act

Introduced: July 13, 2016 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 13, 2016
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EHR Regulatory Relief Act

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to:

  • establish a 90-day reporting period with respect to determining whether an eligible professional or hospital is a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user,
  • allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine that an eligible professional or hospital is a meaningful EHR user if the professional or hospital meets a specified percentage of the applicable measures established by CMS, and
  • extend the applicability of the hardship exception with respect to meaningful EHR use.
What's happening now July 13, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jul 13, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3173: EHR Regulatory Relief Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3173/
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"S. 3173: EHR Regulatory Relief Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3173/.
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S. 3173, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3173/.
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