MU: CMS releases new FAQ on MU Public Registry Measures
March 30, 2016
Written by Patty Kosednar
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 FAQ 14401.
EPs can now claim alternate exclusions for syndromic surveillance reporting and specialized registry reporting. Here is an excerpt from the CMS FAQ 14401.
“We will allow providers to claim an alternate exclusion for the Public Health Reporting measure(s) which might require the acquisition of additional technologies the providers did not previously have or did not previously intend to include in their activities for meaningful use … EPs … [m]ay claim an Alternate Exclusion for Measure 2 and Measure 3 (Syndromic Surveillance and Specialized Registry Reporting).”
Our interpretation of CMS’s new FAQ is that if you planned to only connect to an immunization registry to meet the Modified Stage 2 Public Health Reporting objective, EPs can do so by claiming alternate exclusions for syndromic surveillance and specialty registry reporting.
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