US Congress Recent Budget Deal Appears to Spare HI-TECH Funding

An extensive search of the 459-page Continuing Resolution that cuts more than $38 billion from the federal government's fiscal 2011 finds no reductions in health information technology programs funded under the HITECH Act.
The big HITECH program, obviously, is the electronic health records meaningful use incentive program, of which about $27 billion is anticipated to be available over a period of several years. Much of the funding for other HITECH programs to support state health information exchanges, regional extension centers, Beacon Community demonstration programs, and college training of health I.T. professionals has already been spent. The Continuing Resolution does cut four administrative "czars" including the health care czar. The House and Senate expect to vote on the Continuing Resolution this week, following the budget agreement reached in recent days.
Tim McKenna, VP of Sales for MD Logic commented "at this time no one really knows if there will be funding for the Hi-Tech act over the next four years. The Federal Government has overspent for so many years and the public is demanded huge cuts in order to control the Federal Deficit. Regardless of what the Federal Government decides on the budget implementing the MD Logic World Wide EMR™ provides a huge stimulus on it's own. With MD Logic software solutions healthcare providers can increase productivity, reduce their overhead and be more profitable.”
“The incentive in offering an average of ten thousand dollars each year over the next four years to physicians that comply with the rules of the Federal Government would not support the hiring of one full time person. Many EMR companies claim to increase productivity but MD Logic is the only EMR designed for speed. We look at MD Logic as the one offering the big Stimulus Package to our customers. Each day our customers benefit from technology designed to make them more efficient and more profitable.
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