MGMA Asks HHS to Delay Imposing MU Penalties on Physicians

In an Aug. 21 letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Susan Turney, M.D., president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association, called on Sebelius to embrace a series of actions designed to ease the burden on physicians trying to meet to meet the meaningful use requirements in the HITECH Act, including instituting a moratorium on penalties for physicians that have successfully completed Stage 1 requirements.

In an Aug. 21 letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius, the MGMA’s Susan Turney asks for leniency for MDs who have met Stage 1 MU requirements

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