April 30, 2014

Deadline for Montana's Medicaid 2013 eligible professional attestation extended

Last day for eligible professionals starting Medicare EHR Incentive Program for the first time in 2014, to start their 90-day reporting period to avoid Medicare payment adjustment

Eligible professionals who want to participate in the 2014 PQRS program as a group practice can now register for the group practice reporting option (GPRO).

  

 Health Technology Services, the MT/WY Regional Extension Center (REC) is celebrating an extension awarded by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) to continue our work to help providers and hospitals adopt EHRs and attest to Meaningful Use.

While the original agreement was set to expire last week, ONC granted a one year extension, allowing us to continue providing subsidized HIT/MU assistance to providers, critical access hospitals, and healthcare facilities in rural and underserved populations.

The ONC agreement, awarded in 2010, allows subsidy funding for 52 Critical Access Hospitals and 1000 Priority Primary Care Providers throughout Montana and Wyoming. Nearly 75% of the 1000 providers who signed up with HTS have achieved Stage 1 of Meaningful Use, along with 40 out of the 52 hospitals. 

With this newly announced extension, we are proud to continue our services to assist providers and hospitals reach Meaningful Use and to provide ongoing EHR optimization and utilization services to organizations healthcare facilities throughout Montana and Wyoming.

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If you are an eligible professional for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, 2014 is the last year you can start participation in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in order to receive incentive payments.

Eligible professionals who begin participation in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program after 2014 will not be able to earn an incentive payment for that year or any subsequent year of participation.

If you choose to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program for the first time in 2014, you should begin your 90-day reporting period no later than July 1, 2014 and submit attestation by October 1, 2014 in order to avoid the payment adjustment in 2015.

Note: October 1 is the attestation deadline for eligible professionals in their first year of participation to avoid the payment adjustment. However, eligible professionals who miss this deadline can still demonstrate meaningful use during the last 90-day reporting period of the year (October - December 2014) and earn an incentive payment for 2014. 

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