By Annie Feidt, Alaska Public Radio Network
Dr. Oliver Korshin, a 71-year-old ophthalmologist in Anchorage, is not happy about the federal government’s plan to have all physicians use electronic medical records or face a Medicare penalty. A few months ago when he applied for an exemption to the latest requirement, he had to pick an exemption category that fit.
\”The only one that possibly applied to me was disaster,\” Korshin says. \”So I picked disaster and I described my disaster as old age and I submitted as my supporting document a copy of my passport.\”
Korshin knew that argument probably wouldn’t work, but he still won’t make the switch. Starting next year, the federal government will penalize him – withholding 1 percent of his
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