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oneround:
michele, I have also heard the same but have not found anything stating that it's on the fllor yet.  I am aware that there is a petiton from many people in our field that has been passed around to get this to the house

PMRNC:
It's still up for house passage. It's HR: 427 "Notify American's Before Outsourcing Private Information"
We have a petition up if anyone is interested in signing at:

 http://www.rallycongress.com/support-for-h-r-427-nabopia/1585/support-h-r-427-notify-americans-before-outsourcing-personal-information/

This is only the FIRST step.. this just says that anyone outsourcing any PRIVATE information must notify the patient first. ONE would assume if for example I said "NO" You can't to a provider who has notified me..that he can't. However I've not found it to be so cut/dry.. we can only support pending legislation and hope with passage it is made more clear.

jcbilling:
There are other alternatives to expensive EMR solutons.

I have started looking around for my providers and came across PracticeFusion.com I haven't used them yet, but they no cost to use (like Office Ally)

It will also be able to integrate with Kareo's billing software shortly.

Has anyone heard of Practice Fusion? When I talked to their sales department, they said they would meet the standards that have been published by the government to be eligible for the incentive.

QueenAlicia:

--- Quote from: PMRNC on January 20, 2010, 12:53:24 PM ---What I would like to know as I've not found anything on this issue is what are they going to do about privacy, there are going to be many patients who just simply don't want their records in an electronic exchange.. I will be one of them. I don't trust our govt as far as I can throw them, I don't want my records out there in any way, shape or form. Same goes for my information going offshore for billing or any other purpose, a provider will NOT get my permission for that. If I wanted a Pakistani to see my medical records, I'd go over there for treatment.

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Hahaha Linda, I love that last line. And the thing is they could be providing those jobs to Americans.  I will take a look at that petition. 

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