I hear there is a new timeline for Meaningful Use. Does this change anything with Stage 2?

Per Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), there will be a new, revised timeline for Stage 2. This will be extended through 2016, and Stage 3 will begin in 2017 for those hospitals and providers that have completed at least two years in Stage 2. For those that are to start Stage 2 in 2014, this does not change when you start Stage 2, only that you will now be at Stage 2 for three years, instead of two. In the fall of 2014, it is expected that CMS will release a notice of proposed Stage 3 Rulemaking and corresponding ONC Standards will be released in the fall of 2014. The final rule for Stage 2 would then follow in 2015.