Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is criticizing a government estimate that suggests that improving information technology services at hospitals and doctors' offices would lead to an increase in costs and a decrease in revenues. A number of prominent backers of the health information technology bill urged a delay of the vote on the legislation after the CBO released the estimate. Gingrich tells Modern Healthcare: "The CBO blatantly ignores the economic growth efficiencies and cost-savings that result from implementing innovative and transformational policies."
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