The last year that an eligible professional can begin participation is 2016. Medicaid Expansion has increased the number of Medicaid enrolled patients which in some circumstances could make more providers eligible for the Medicaid EHR incentive payments. The incentive program ends in 2021.
The Medicaid EHR Incentive Payments can total up to $63,750 … Read the rest
Ok, you got through attesting for 2015. Now if you have not already started thinking about 2016, the time is now.
First thing, run your 2016 YTD meaningful use reports, both objectives and CQMs. These will tell you where you need to focus. Second, make sure you have taken the screenshots for your audit folder. Here are all the … Read the rest
Prior to February 25, CMS stated that eligible professionals (EPs) had to actively engage in two public health registries by February 29, 2016, for the 2016 program year.
On February 25, 2016, four days before the active engagement deadline, CMS released a new FAQ that allows EPs to use alternate exclusions for 2016 reporting as well. See CMS … Read the rest
CMS recently updated FAQ 9844 which states that a hospital-based eligible professional (EP) is defined as an EP who furnishes 90 percent or more of his/her services in either the inpatient or emergency department of a hospital. Hospital-based EPs do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid EHR incentive payments.
The 2015 reporting Hardship application deadline has been extended to July 1, 2016 for those eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals (EHs) and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that are unable to attest for Meaningful Use in 2015 and want to apply for an exception from the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program 2017 payment adjustment.
This new, streamlined application process is … Read the rest
CMS extended the attestation deadline for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs to March 11, 2016 at 11:59 pm ET, from the original deadline of February 29.
Seriously, it’s time to get the needed screenshots for your meaningful use audit folder. The following screenshots should be taken immediately. In order to pass a CMS audit, we recommend you include the system date in your screen shot, as well as the name of your facility. You only need one screenshot per EHR instance, so if you have more … Read the rest
For the 2016 MU, here is a checklist of the tasks you might use to help get you through the 2016 reporting year. Please let me know if you have comments or questions.
Recent Medicare legislation, Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act (PAMPA), launched important changes to the EHR incentive program hardship exception process designed to reduce burden on clinicians, hospitals and critical access hospitals. CMS has now posted the new hardship applications for eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals (EHs) and critical access hospitals (CAHs).
The deadline for EPs, EHs, and CAHs to submit their … Read the rest
Eligible professionals that need to meet the specialized registry public health measure in 2016 are required to have registered with the reporting agency by February 29 to meet the requirement of being registered within 60 days of the start of the reporting period.
Who needs to meet this requirement? If you are an eligible provider … Read the rest
The 2016 meaningful use reporting period starts on January 1 for all Eligible Professionals and Eligible Hospitals that are beyond their first year of MU. The Modified Stage 2 requirements apply for 2016, but “alternate exclusions” do not. Below is a list of items you will want to handle as soon as the reporting year starts.
The following configurations … Read the rest
