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Social Security Awards Contracts to Medical Records Providers

February 2, 2010

Commissioner of Social Security Michael Astrue announced yesterday that the Social Security Administration has awarded over 17 million dollars (funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) in contracts to 15 health care providers and networks to provide electronic medical records to SSA during the disability review process:
“Using health information technology will improve our disability [...]

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Medicare Issues Proposed Rules for Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

January 13, 2010

All new Social Security disability claims are electronic. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued proposed rules (PDF version here) to provide incentives for health care providers to move to an electronic format. Anecdotally, this is a huge headache for doctors around the country who want to move electronic records for [...]

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