Lewis, Nicole. "If Court Squashes 'Obamacare,' IT May Suffer: HIMSS." Information Week, April 2, 2012.
From the article: "If the Supreme Court rules that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, a number of health information technology-related provisions of the law will also fall, and that could disrupt health IT implementation plans, according Richard M. Hodge, senior director of Congressional Affairs at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
But despite these concerns, Hodge told InformationWeek Healthcare, "We will find ways to move forward regardless of the court's decision. That may be through the private sector, [it] may be through other proposals and legislation…we'll just have to see how that unfolds." Read more
See Also
The Supreme Court Case on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, HIMSS fact sheet, March 22, 2012.
