Legislative Principles

2008 Legislative Principles

State HIT Policy Guidance

State Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Guidance

Presentations

• Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Meetings

Fact Sheets

2008 Fact Sheets
• HIMSS 2008 Health Information Technology Fact Sheet (English)
• HIMSS 2008 Health Information Technology Fact Sheet (Spanish)
• Side by Side Comparison of H.R. 6898 and H.R. 6357
• Fact Sheet on the “Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008,” H.R. 6898
• Massachusetts’ Inclusion of Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) in Healthcare Reform Legislation
• Medicaid Fee-for-Service Tamper Resistant Prescription Pads Requirements
• Physician Quality Reporting, E-Prescribing and Medicare Part D: Impact on the Provider Community
• The Landscape for Medicaid and Healthcare Information Technology
• The Landscape for Medicaid and Healthcare Information Technology -- Appendix 1
• Fact Sheet HR2991 August 2008
• State Policy and Certified Health Information Technologies
• Fact Sheet on The Status of the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget
• The 2008 Presidential Election: Healthcare Plans
• FY 2009 President’s Budget Request and Healthcare IT
• The HIT Agenda for Newly Elected Governors
• Physicians’ Referrals to Health Care Entities with Which They Have Financial Relationships (Phase III) – Final Rule

2007 Fact Sheets

• 2007 HIT Federal Legislation Crosswalk
• Fact Sheet on U.S. Senate Legislative Procedures
• “Electronic Health Records for Minnesota by 2015?”
• FY08 Funding for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
• Fact Sheet on Personal Health Records
• Fact Sheet on Healthcare Information Technology & Consumer-Director Healthcare
• Fact Sheet on Secretary Leavitt Testimony on FY08 HHS Budget Request Before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee
• FY2008 President’s Budget Request
• HIMSS Fact Sheet on Pay-as-You-Go (PAYGO)
• HIMSS Fact Sheet on Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (H.R. 6111)
• HIMSS Fact Sheet on Patient Safety


2006 Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet on Federal Employees
  Electronic Personal Health Records Act of 2006
• Fact Sheet on H.R. 4157
• HIMSS Patient Safety Primer & Fact Sheet
• Independent Health Records Act -- H.R. 5559/S. 3454


2005 Fact Sheets

• HIMSS Advocacy Fact Sheet - PL 109-41
• HIMSS Legislative Principles


2004 Fact Sheets

• Transforming Health Care for All Americans


2003 Fact Sheets

• HIMSS Advocacy

Position Statements - Legislative

2008 Position Statements

• Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008 -- PRO(TECH)T Act
• Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act (H.R. 2406)
• National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 (H.R. 1952)
• Health Information Technology Act of 2007 (S. 1408)
• Assisting Doctors to Obtain Proficient and Transmissible Health Information Technology (ADOPT HIT) Act of 2007
• 10,000 Trained by 2010 Act
• The Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007
  
2006 Position Statements

• HIMSS Position Statement Legislatively Mandated Patient to Nurse Ratios

2005 Position Statements

• HIMSS Response to HHS Proposed Rules Providing Stark Exceptions and Anti Kick Back Act Safe Harbors for Certain Electronic Prescribing Arrangements
• Position Statement on Medical Coding Standards - Updates in H.R. 4157 and S. 1952
• Position Statement on Valued Based Purchasing (Pay for Performance) - H.R. 3617
• HIMSS Applauds Innovative Senate Budget Committee Proposal

2003 Position Statements

• HIMSS Proposes Improvements to Senate Patient Safety Legislation Utilizing Industry Expertise
• HIMSS Supports the Passage of the Patient Safety Bill by the House
• HIMSS Supports Amendment to H.R. 877
• Benefits Realized for Selected Health Care Functions
• Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
• H.R.1: Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003, S.1: Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003
• HIT Revolving Loan Fund
• Medicare Quality Improvement Act

Position Statements - Regulatory

2008 Position Statements
• HIMSS Response to CMS on E-Prescribing and Fax Exemptions
• HIMSS Responds to Medicare Program: Proposed Standards for E-prescribing Under Part D
  
2007 Position Statements
• HIMSS Responds to CMS on Fax Exemption for E-Prescribing
• HIMSS Response to RFI on Joint DoD-VA In-patient EHR

2005 Position Statements

• HIMSS Response to FDA Draft Guidance for Industry: Bar Code Label Requirements Questions and Answers

2004 Position Statements

• HIMSS Statement of Support for the Draft Recommendations of the PITAC Health Care Delivery and Information Technology Subcommittee
• HIMSS Responds to HHS Budget Request - February 9, 2004
• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) 2005-2006

2003 Position Statements

• HIMSS Supports FDA Proposed Rules for Medication Bar Coding and Safety Reporting
• HIMSS Supports Adoption of Uniform Health Information Standards for Federal Government