The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and HHS finalized a final rule that implements the provisionsof the American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub. L. 111-5) that provide incentive payments to Eligible Professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals andcritical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs that adopt and successfully demonstrate meaningful use of Certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the names of two technology review bodies, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), Chicago, Ill. and the Drummond Group Inc. (DGI), Austin, Texas, They have beenauthorized to test and certify electronic health record (EHR) systems for compliance with the standardsand certification criteria that were issued by HHS earlier this year.