{"id":110,"date":"2016-02-15T12:16:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T19:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2017-03-28T10:30:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T16:30:50","slug":"hts-mu-hardship-exemption-application-deadlines-looming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/hts-mu-hardship-exemption-application-deadlines-looming\/","title":{"rendered":"HTS &#8211; MU: MU Hardship exemption application deadlines looming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MU-Hardship-exemption-application-deadlines-looming-1.png\" alt=\"MU-Hardship-exemption-application-deadlines-looming\" width=\"1200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MU-Hardship-exemption-application-deadlines-looming-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MU-Hardship-exemption-application-deadlines-looming-1-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MU-Hardship-exemption-application-deadlines-looming-1-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MU-Hardship-exemption-application-deadlines-looming-1-1024x256.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>MU: Hardship exemption application deadlines looming<\/h1>\n<h5>February 15, 2016<\/h5>\n<h6>Written by Patty Kosednar<\/h6>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for EPs, EHs, and CAHs to submit their applications are &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eligible Professionals &#8211;\u00a0 March 15, 2016<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligible Hospitals &amp; CAHs &#8211;\u00a0 April 1, 2016<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For\u00a0more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/Regulations-and-Guidance\/Legislation\/EHRIncentivePrograms\/PaymentAdj_Hardship.html\" target=\"_blank\">MU Hardship and Exemption<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leave a reply, ask a question or share information using the \u201cLeave a Reply\u201d section below, or email <a href=\"mailto:pkosednar@mpqhf.org?subject=MU Blog Website\" target=\"_blank\">Patty Kosednar<\/a> directly with your questions or comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/mu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read all previous posts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/pqrs\/\" target=\"_blank\">See PQRS Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to the HTS Meaningful Use Blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/b-xSTj\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#385173;border-color:#2d415c;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:0px 30px;font-size:22px;line-height:44px;border-color:#74869d;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px #f4f4f4\"> Subscribe<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"boxzero\">\n<section id=\"boxone\">\n<p id=\"boxparagraph\"><strong>See a list of upcoming webinars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/upcoming-webinars\/\"><span class=\"link-spanner\">See a list of upcoming webinars<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"boxtwo\">\n<p id=\"boxparagraph\"><strong>Check out any webinars you missed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/webinar-materials\/\"><span class=\"link-spanner\">Check out any webinars you missed<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<aside id=\"boxthree\">\n<p id=\"boxparagraph\"><strong>See our MU resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/meaningful-use\/\"><span class=\"link-spanner\">See our MU resources<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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