Obesity
Former Health & Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson Says 'Flawed Law, Flawed Science' in New Healthcare Law Requiring Reporting of Body Mass Index, Calls For Market Incentives and Updated Measurement Tools
Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, August 7th, 2010
As the Obama administration sets its sights on overweight Americans, demanding obesity ratings for all citizens by 2014, the Health and Human Services Dept. announced this week that under the stimulus law, healthcare providers must establish "meaningful use" of electronic health records to qualify for federal subsidies or risk seeing their Medicare and Medicaid payments slashed. The electronic health records must include Americans' body mass index, or BMI, height and weight.
Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, a long-standing advocate in the fight against obesity says, "As Secretary, I launched a 'Call to Action' to fight excess weight and...
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