[Med-privacy] HR 4157

[Peter Marshall]

*** House Subcommittee Advances Amended Healthcare IT Bill ***

Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health 
approved a bill (HR 4157) to promote the use of healthcare IT. The 
legislation, sponsored by Reps. Nancy Johnson (R-CT) and Nathan Deal 
(R-GA), establishes a three-year timeline for HHS' Office of the 
National Coordinator for Health IT to assess and endorse 
interoperability guidelines. In addition, like an IT bill before the 
Senate, it protects state information privacy laws that are more 
stringent than HIPAA. The bill does not establish a deadline for 
providers to convert to ICD-10 billing codes nor provide money for 
providers to adopt new technology.

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http://www.hipaadvisory.com/news/index.cfm#0609ihb