Meaningful Use is dead. Long live something better!
At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Mr. Andrew Slavitt , acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced on January 11th that �The meaningful use program as it has existed will now effectively be over, and replaced with something better�, and later clarified on Twitter that �In 2016, MU as it has existed-- with MACRA-- will now be effectively over and replaced with something better�. Meaningful Use is dead. Just like that. No apologies. No nothing. As someone who�s been lamenting the havoc wreaked by the program on both doctors and patients, I should be elated nevertheless. Well, I am not. Let�s start with appearances. The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is the �largest and most informative healthcare investment symposium in the industry which brings together global industry leaders, emerging fast-growth companies, innovative technology creators, globally minded service providers, and members of the investment commun...