Proposed Modifications to Medicaid EHR Incentive Program
- Expanding the definition of what constitutes a Medicaid patient encounter, which is a required eligibility threshold for the Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs in Stage 2 meaningful use.
- Include encounters for individuals enrolled in a Medicaid program, including Title XXI-funded Medicaid expansion encounters but not separate CHIP programs.
- Flexibility in the look-back period for patient volume to be over the 12 months preceding attestation, not tied to the prior calendar year.
- Make eligible approximately 12 additional children’s hospitals that have not been able to participate to date, despite meeting all other eligibility criteria, because they do not have a CMS Certification Number since they do not bill Medicare.
Proposed Stage 2 Meaningful Use Timeline Delay
- A minor delay of the implementation of the onset of Stage 2 criteria, moving the current 2013 date to 2014.
Current Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Stage 2 Meaningful Use in comment periods.
- Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology
- Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2
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