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While the government’s incentives for adopting an EHR have been cautiously welcomed by many in the health care industry, providers and software vendors alike are struggling to come to grips with one key term: “meaningful use”. A practice must show meaningful use of an EHR before it is eligible to receive the incentives, and finding a definition that applies to all sizes or practices and hospitals seems to be no mean feat . The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is one organization hoping to modify the HIT Committee’s definition before it is finalized by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). MGMA sent a letter to the ONC at the end of June that recommended that, among other things, a broader set of administrative requirements be included as an integral part of the definition of meaningful use: essentially, that there is a focus on billing and practice management efficiencies as well as EHR efficiencies. In particular, it suggested eligibility verification, real-time claims adjudication and electronic payment remittance, all things that users of robust practice management software are already enjoying.

Additionally, MGMA is concerned that the definition of “meaningful use” as it currently stands has been developed with larger provider groups and hospitals in mind, and will prove too burdensome for smaller practices. In another letter sent last month to the ONC, MGMA listed ten recommendations to combat this.