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Date:12/17/2008

ly funded health programs by requiring that federal funding to assist providers and payers within these programs adopt health IT only be used for the purchase or upgrade of new health IT products that apply HITSP interoperability specifications and are CCHIT-certified.

• Expand Stark Exemptions and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors for EMRs to cover additional healthcare software and related devices that apply HITSP interoperability specifications, are CCHIT-certified, and allow for better coordination of care and information sharing among related providers and their patients. In carrying out this recommendation, the Secretary should implement necessary measures and requirements to protect against conflict of interest and improper relationships among providers.

• Codify and Authorize the following:

A. Codify HITSP as the National Standards HarmonizationBody responsible for collaborating with the public and private sector to achieve a widely accepted and useful set of standards to enable the widespread interoperability among healthcare software applications. Adequate funding should be authorized and appropriated for HITSP from FY10 - FY14.

B. Codify a Senior Level Health IT Leader within the Administration to oversee a national health IT strategy.

C. Authorize a Federal Advisory and Coordinating Body for Health IT. Based on the experiences of the AHIC and its Successor organization, the U.S. Congress should authorize a federal advisory committee - operating under the Federal Advisory Committee Act - responsible for advising the Administration on health IT initiatives throughout the U.S. and coordinating standards harmonization through collaboration with HITSP and CCHIT.

• Conduct a White House Summit on H
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