Position Statements
HIMSS 2011-2012 Public Policy Principles
Meaningful Use, Certification Criteria and Standards, and HHS Certification Process
Position Statements - Legislative
- Coalition for an Informed Patient Identity Integrity Solution
Informed National-level Patient Identity Solution Recommendation to Congress May 2011 - Draft Congressional Letter to GAO
- HIMSS Three Asks for 2011
- In order to improve the quality of your constituents' healthcare while also reducing its costs, such as through elimination of duplicative care, Congress should continue its strong bipartisan support for Health Information Technology.
- Congress should preserve the investment being made in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Program as an essential tool that is critical to the healthcare transformation process.
- In order to ensure that your constituent is the right person getting the right healthcare at the right time, Congress should support the development of a nationwide patient identity solution by lifting the current statutory prohibition, to allow HHS to address this issue along with other health IT policy enhancements.
- HIMSS Three Asks For 2010
- HIMSS recommends that any future policy pertaining to the electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) appropriately balance meaningful use criteria/measures with industry readiness without delaying the timeline for implementation.
- HIMSS recommends that Congress enable the study of an informed patient identity solution.
- HIMSS recommends that Congress work with the Obama Administration to make permanent the current physician self referral regulation exemptions (Stark exemptions) and anti-kickback safe harbors for EHRs.
2011 Position Statements
2010 Position Statements
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2009 Position Statements
- Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act (HR 3014)
Position Statements - Executive Branch/Regulatory
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2011 Position Statements
- Initial Commentary on Meaningful Use Final Rule - November 1, 2010
- Initial Commentary on Temporary Certification Program Final Rule - September 23, 2010 Position Statement on HIPAA Modifications Proposed Rule - September 23, 2010
- Position Statement on Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria Final Rule - September 23, 2010
- HIMSS Statement Recommendation to Extend Meaningful Use State 1 and Delay Stage 2
- HIMSS Comments on Interim Final Rule on Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information - October 2009
- HIMSS Comments on HHS Regional HIT Extension Centers Draft Plan
- Breach Notification Comments: HIMSS Letter to the Federal Trade Commission - June 2009
- Personal Health Information Breach Notification: HIMSS Response to HHS Office of Civil Rights - May 2009
- Meaningful Use Comments: HIMSS Letter to The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) - April 2009
- Alliance for Nursing Informatics Shares Insights on Standards Development to NCVHS
- Public Comment on Public Docket Number FDA-2008-N-0612: The FDA Sentinel Initiative
2009 Position Statements
