The interim regulation spelling out all the EHR requirements is due to be published no later than July of this year. Practices that already have EHRs will have until Jan. 1, 2014, to comply with the new rules; those who buy EHRs from now on will have to comply either by the day they purchase the system or by Jan. 1, 2011, whichever is later, he said.
The teleconference was sponsored by MGMA, MedFusion, Athenahealth Inc., and MicroMD.