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The Affordable Care Act has made many headlines in the past several weeks, but few know it established a new government agency to conduct research on the American people without their consent. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI, or Innovation Center) is meant to “test innovative payment and service delivery models to reduce program expenditures.” Several models give preference to or mandate the use of electronic health records (EHRs). Continue reading…