Behavioral Health Business April 13, 2022
U.S. lawmakers hope to spur additional electronic health record (EHR) adoption in behavioral health by creating a financial incentive to do so.
The Behavioral Health Information Technologies (BHIT) Now Act, formally known as House Resolution 7427, would appropriate $250 million to be issued over three fiscal federal years by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to help finance EHR rollouts.
The legislation also would require divisions within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — to “develop voluntary standards” for health information technology issues such as privacy, data sharing and minimum clinical standards.
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