Tell Us Again, Why Are There MU Penalties?

Jeff Rowe | Government Health IT | August 29, 2012

As we noted yesterday, healthcare providers and consultants are in the process of deciphering the implications of MU Stage 2.

But while stakeholders wade through what one consultant nicely summed up as the “compromise and complexity” of the current program, we’re pondering, once again, one of the attributes of the MU program that policymakers still don’t seem willing to question.

To come right to it, here’s the language from the CMS fact sheet: