Phasing of MU Criteria
Some Considerations
•Enable health reform (payment reform prerequisite)
–Create a transformed health care system
–Support advanced care processes
•Focus on health outcomes, not software
–Measure health outcomes and key process changes
–“Pull with quality; push with certification” (per Jon Perlin)
•Feasibility
–Currently available capabilities in EHRs
–Balance urgency of health reform with calendar time needed to implement
–Be sensitive to issues of small practices
•Recovery Act provisions
–Timelines fixed
–Funding rules defined
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