Fact Sheets

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

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

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• HIMSS Response to FDA Draft Guidance for Industry: Bar Code Label Requirements Questions and Answers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