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If you have already implemented an EHR system and registered for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, you may be ready for the next step - Attestation.
The CMS states,"During Attestation, eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals report numerator, denominator, and exclusion results (if applicable)
for the meaningful use objectives and attest that they have successfully met the requirements of the program." Once an eligible provider submits their attestation information online through the Attestation System, they are qualified for a payment from the Medicare EHR Incentive Payment program.
CMS is offering providers an opportunity to preview the Attestation System prior to it's launch on April 18, 2011. Click here to view the preview, including screen shots of the system.
Similar to the process of registering for the incentive programs, COHIE encourages all providers to call with questions or to request assistance with the attestation process. "It is understandable that practices may have questions or apprehensions about the process. COHIE is ready with experts on-hand to assist", explained COHIE Director Matt Esker.
Providers enrolling in the Medicaid Provider Incentive Program will follow a similar process through the state. COHIE will keep you informed on the launch dates of the Medicaid program.
For more information, contact Matt Esker at (614) 384-9174 or matte@cohie.org | 
If you are reading this e-newsletter you are likely in some stage of considering, purchasing, implementing or achieving "meaningful use" of an EHR system. 
With the implementation of stimulus rewards for adopting EHR (and the promise of reimbursement penalties for not), physicians across the country are adopting EHR in their practices at an uprecidented rate. Ohio is leading all 50 states in this race to adopt EHR and reach "meaningful use" of their systems.
The time to register for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program is