Local Democratic club member Joe Ingemi was published in the 6/24/08 edition of The Hill.
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Interesting article. The hypothesis that there is an "Osborne effect" of providers waiting until the act is passed is logical. It seems an way to address that would be to make the incentives retroactive so that no provider who adopts now loses out on the incentive.
Not knowing this software systems, how much would a basic system implementation cost? Is $2,000 significant enough to incentivize a provider to make a decision? What is a typical ROI on an investment in this technology assuming no governmental incentive?