S. 3173 · 114th Congress

EHR Regulatory Relief Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
John Thune
Introduced
2016-07-13
Latest action
2016-07-13 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

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.