In some cases mirroring problems from the old UPIN system, the two Medicare provider databases have high inaccuracy and inconsistency rates that need to be addressed if CMS is to actively prevent fraud, the OIG said.

Point by point, the EHRA addresses the Senators' 5 main areas of concern about the meaningful use program.

Despite the frustration and the jokes around iEHR, real data exchange is happening between the DoD and VA and the potential to build on that for the future resides in creatively using resources built in the past.

Saying that the proposed legislation would address "the failure of DoD and VA to develop a single unified medical record," one of the bill's backers explains that it would require VA and DoD to prove they are implementing a plan for that single medical record.

Senate GOP leaders take issue with the HHS secretary soliciting money from private groups to implement the health law.

On Monday the Obama administration said it won't penalize states that have yet to expand coverage by targeting them for reduced Medicaid funding for the next two years.

When timing, policy, and people align, great things can happen.

While defending the meaningful use program, the CIO organization said that pushing Stage 2 back by one year will give providers and vendors much needed time to prepare.

The President said on Tuesday that the law is "pretty much already in place" for the 85 percent to 90 percent of Americans who have health insurance.