tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2016 Issue 5

Industry Note: EHR Hardship Exception Application Doesn't Prevent You from Meeting MU Requirements

If you’ve submitted an EHR hardship exception, you might be thinking you have to kiss an incentive payment goodbye — but fortunately, you’d be wrong. In a new FAQ on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website, the agency says that you can have the best of both worlds. “Submission of a hardship exception application does not prevent a provider from attesting and receiving an incentive payment if meaningful use requirements are met,” CMS says. To attest for the EHR Incentive Program, you must submit your application by March 11, and if you...

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