Plans to lower the deficit could include nixing meaningful use incentive payments, which could strike a blow to health IT vendors’ stocks. “These companies trade at multiples above their growth rate. [The stocks] have very little room for disappointment and have to consistently exceed expectations on every metric,” said Maxim Group analyst Anthony Vendetti in the report.
However, President Obama is not expected to cut incentives for adopting EHRs. In addition, a recent Citigroup survey found eighty percent of hospital executives believed current market volatility would not influence near-term health IT spending trends, according to the report.
Furthermore, some believe that a delay in requirements for Stage 2 of meaningful use could actually benefit healthcare providers by giving them more time to comply with Stage 1.
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