HTS – MU: MU Hardship exemption application deadlines looming

February 15, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

MU: Hardship exemption application deadlines looming

February 15, 2016

Written by Patty Kosednar

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

HTS – MU: Don’t miss the “actively engaged” deadline for the MU public health measures

February 1, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

MU: Don’t miss the “actively engaged” deadline for the MU public health measures

February 1, 2016

Written by Patty Kosednar

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

HTS – MU: How to kick off Meaningful Use for 2016

January 1, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

MU: How to kick off Meaningful Use for 2016

January 1, 2016

Written by Patty Kosednar

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