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Testing Incentive Payments for Behavioral Health Providers for Adoption and Use of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology

Floor Speech

By: Ron Estes
By: Ron Estes
Date: June 13, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

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Mr. ESTES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3331, encouraging the adoption of electronic health record technology by behavioral health providers. The Meaningful Use Program has been instrumental in providing incentives to eligible clinicians to use electronic health record technology. Unfortunately, behavioral health providers have been left out of this program. H.R. 3331, sponsored by Rep. Lynn Jenkins, would incentivize psychiatric hospitals, community health centers and substance use treatment facilities to use the electronic health record technology.

Mental health includes emotional, psychological and social well-being and affects how individuals think, feel and act. This bill is an important step in ensuring medical providers have access to records for both mental and physical health, so that we can improve care coordination and meet the needs of patients. Rep. Jenkins has been a champion for mental health reform and I look forward to continuing our work on this important issue.

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