{"id":115,"date":"2016-03-30T12:35:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2017-03-28T10:29:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T16:29:46","slug":"hts-cms-releases-new-faq-mu-public-registry-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/hts-cms-releases-new-faq-mu-public-registry-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"HTS – MU: CMS releases new FAQ on MU Public Registry Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MU: CMS releases new FAQ on MU Public Registry Measures<\/h1>\n

March 30, 2016<\/h5>\n
Written by Patty Kosednar<\/h6>\n

Prior to February 25, CMS stated that eligible professionals (EPs) had to actively engage in two public health registries\u00a0by\u00a0February 29, 2016, for the 2016 program year.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0February 25, 2016, four days before the active engagement deadline, CMS released\u00a0a new FAQ that\u00a0allows\u00a0EPs to use alternate exclusions for 2016 reporting as well.\u00a0 See\u00a0CMS FAQ 14401<\/a>.<\/p>\n

EPs can now claim alternate exclusions for syndromic surveillance reporting and specialized registry reporting.\u00a0 Here is an excerpt from\u00a0the\u00a0CMS FAQ 14401<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“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).”<\/em><\/p>\n

Our\u00a0interpretation of CMS’s\u00a0new FAQ\u00a0is that if you planned\u00a0to only\u00a0connect to an immunization registry to meet\u00a0the Modified Stage 2\u00a0Public Health Reporting objective, EPs can do so by claiming alternate exclusions for syndromic surveillance and specialty registry reporting.<\/p>\n

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