In my years as a consultant I have faced many professionals with great ideas about new businesses and I found that there are two commonalities on every opportunity; money and customers.

Good news, Stage 2 meaningful use has been postponed until 2014.

Over 33 cases have been closed during the month of November 2011. Some of these cases reminded me of the “not me” effect as we all try to do our best to follow Government regulations.

Recently CMS issued a release postponing enforcement of HIPAA 5010 until Mar 31st 2012. That will be good news to those concerning themselves with enforcement issues. However this delay doesn’t meant that there is a retrieve on the transactions requirement. As a matter of fact CMS issued a clarification where they explain that enforcement is not the same as compliance and that the compliance for HIPAA 5010 Level II remains December 31, 2011.