CMS Announces EHR Incentive Registration

As a reminder, beginning on Monday January 3, 2011, eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals can register for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs. As previously noted in AMCNO publications and EHR presentations, under the Medicare program, both hospitals and office-based providers must use a certified EHR system in accordance with CMS meaningful use guidelines for 90 consecutive days within the first year of the program to qualify for reimbursements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s incentive programs. More information on the incentive program requirements and the registration process is available at http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/Body