The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) have proposed new rules that would relax regulations that prevent physicians who care for Medicare patients from getting free electronic medical record (EMR) technology from a health-care partner. Currently, if physicians accept such a gift, they risk violating federal Stark laws and anti-kickback statutes. To avoid the appearance of an improper financial relationship, physicians can pay fair market price for information technology products. This, however, is a major barrier to adopting an interoperable electronic health-care system—especially among individual physicians and small practices, according to American Medical News (10/24-31/05).
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