MU Registration Opens on January 3
Registration for the Medicare incentive program for the meaningful use of electronic health records–and some Medicaid incentive programs–will open on January 3, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced.
Registration for the Medicare incentive program for the meaningful use of electronic health records--and some Medicaid incentive programs--will open on January 3, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced.
Eleven Medicaid programs will be ready on Jan. 3: Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Registration will open in February in California, Missouri and North Dakota. Other states on a rolling basis will launch their Medicaid meaningful use incentive programs during the spring and summer.
CMS also has announced important dates for the Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs' first year:
* Jan. 3, 2011 - Registration for the Medicare EHR incentive program begins.
* Jan. 3, 2011 -States that are ready may launch their incentive programs for Medicaid providers.
* January 2011 - Some state agencies begin issuing Medicaid EHR incentive payments.
* April 2011 - Attestation for the Medicare EHR incentive program begins.
* May 2011 - Issuing of Medicare EHR incentive payments expected to begin.
* July 3, 2011 - Last day for eligible hospitals to begin their 90-day reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EHR incentive program for federal FY 2011.
* Sept. 30, 2011 - Federal FY 2011 payment year ends at midnight for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs).
* Oct. 3, 2011 - Last day for eligible professionals to begin their 90-day reporting period for calendar year 2011 to demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EHR incentive program.
* Nov. 30, 2011 - Last day for eligible hospitals and CAHs to register and attest to receive an incentive payment for federal fiscal year 2011.
* Dec. 31, 2011 - Calendar 2011 payment year ends for eligible professionals.
More information is available at cms.gov/ehrincentiveprograms/.
Eleven Medicaid programs will be ready on Jan. 3: Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Registration will open in February in California, Missouri and North Dakota. Other states on a rolling basis will launch their Medicaid meaningful use incentive programs during the spring and summer.
CMS also has announced important dates for the Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs' first year:
* Jan. 3, 2011 - Registration for the Medicare EHR incentive program begins.
* Jan. 3, 2011 -States that are ready may launch their incentive programs for Medicaid providers.
* January 2011 - Some state agencies begin issuing Medicaid EHR incentive payments.
* April 2011 - Attestation for the Medicare EHR incentive program begins.
* May 2011 - Issuing of Medicare EHR incentive payments expected to begin.
* July 3, 2011 - Last day for eligible hospitals to begin their 90-day reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EHR incentive program for federal FY 2011.
* Sept. 30, 2011 - Federal FY 2011 payment year ends at midnight for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs).
* Oct. 3, 2011 - Last day for eligible professionals to begin their 90-day reporting period for calendar year 2011 to demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EHR incentive program.
* Nov. 30, 2011 - Last day for eligible hospitals and CAHs to register and attest to receive an incentive payment for federal fiscal year 2011.
* Dec. 31, 2011 - Calendar 2011 payment year ends for eligible professionals.
More information is available at cms.gov/ehrincentiveprograms/.