Isn't it just like the Government to on one hand require you do A, but then on the other hand make it impossible for you to do! I remember under HIPPA initially, all insurance companies had to quit using SS numbers as IDs, this forced a lot of changes and cost on the companies as well as the Physicians office, hospital etc, who had to recollect all pt. data. Many software programs also had to be upgraded to accomodate...yet who still uses SS#, Medicare of course.
