HHS Finalizes Safe Harbors To Promote Health IT
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
New rules released Aug. 1 designed to encourage adoption of electronic prescribing provide a safe harbor for physicians to receive equipment for transmitting e-prescriptions for drugs, lab tests and durable medical equipment
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