HTS – MU: New deadlines for MU Hardship Application submissions

March 15, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

MU: New deadlines for MU Hardship Application submissions

March 15, 2016

Written by Patty Kosednar

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

HTS – MU: New deadline for 2015 Meaningful Use attestations

March 5, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

MU: New deadline for 2015 Meaningful Use attestations

March 5, 2016

Written by Patty Kosednar

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.

Eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals (EHs) and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive program can attest through the CMS . Providers participating in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program

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HTS – MU: Did you take your MU screenshots yet?

March 1, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

MU: Did you take your MU screenshots yet?

March 1, 2016

Written by Patty Kosednar

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

HTS – PQRS: How to Determine PQRS Eligibility

March 1, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

PQRS: How to Determine PQRS Eligibility

March 1, 2016

Written by Sarah Leake

The list of eligible professionals for the PQRS program is much broader than what you may be familiar with for Meaningful Use. PQRS eligible professionals (EPs) include Medicare physicians, practitioners and therapists. A complete list of eligible professionals and explanation of Medicare reporting can be found on the 2016 PQRS List of Eligible Professionals. Eligibility is focused around whether the provider … Read the rest

HTS – MU: MU 2016 Task Checklist

February 25, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

MU: Task checklist for 2016 reporting year

February 25, 2016

Written by Patty Kosednar

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.

Create CMS MU audit folder
Determine if providers practice in more than one location
Determine CMS EHR program eligibility
Calculate and document Medicaid Eligibility
Confirm EHR version is

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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.

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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.

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