Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter warning hospitals that the Obama administration will not tolerate their attempts to use electronic health record systems to inflate their Medicare and Medicaid payments. Health care providers say EHR systems allow them to more accurately code for the care they are providing. New York Times et al.
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