Hospitals Must Attest by November 30 to Receive Payment for 2013 EHR Incentive Program Participation
The following is correspondence from the CMS on the EHR Incentive Programs.
The last day that eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) can register and submit attestation in fiscal year (FY) 2013 for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program is November 30, 2013. Eligible hospitals and CAHs must successfully attest to demonstrating meaningful use by November 30 to receive a 2013 incentive payment. Hospitals must attest to demonstrating meaningful use every year to receive an incentive and avoid a payment adjustment.
Medicaid Eligible Hospitals
Each state is responsible for administering their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Hospitals participating in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program need to refer to their state deadlines for attestation.
Payment Adjustments
Eligible hospitals and CAHs that can participate in either the Medicare or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs will be subject to the payment adjustments unless they are meaningful users under one of the EHR Incentive Programs in specific time periods. Payment adjustments will be applied beginning FY 2015 (October 1, 2014) to Medicare eligible hospitals that have not successfully demonstrated meaningful use. The adjustment is determined by the hospital’s reporting period in a prior year. Read the eligible hospital payment adjustment tipsheet to learn more.
Resources
- Meaningful Use Attestation Calculator – This online tool allows providers to test whether or not they would successfully demonstrate Stage 1 meaningful use for the EHR Incentive Programs.
- Attestation Worksheet for Eligible Hospitals and CAHs – This Worksheet is for eligible hospitals and CAHs in Stage 1 of meaningful use and allows them to log their meaningful use measures on this page to use as a reference when attesting for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in the CMS system.
- Attestation Guide for Eligible Hospitals – This is a step-by-step guide for the Medicare Eligible Hospitals EHR Incentive
Program ATTESTATION module. This guide will help you navigate the Attestation
module. - Payment Adjustment Tipsheet for Eligible Hospitals – This tipsheet includes percentage tables for yearly adjustments.
Plan Ahead
Review all of the important dates for the EHR Incentive Programs on the HIT Timeline
.