NRHA applauds CMS for reconsidering meaningful-use requirements
In response to concerns from the National Rural Health Association and other provider advocacy groups, CMS will reconsider its policies on meaningful-use (MU) requirements for providers. CMS Chief Medical Officer Patrick Conway, MD, announced today that CMS will:
- Realign hospital electronic health records (EHR) reporting periods to the calendar year to allow eligible hospitals more time to incorporate 2014 edition software into their workflows and to better align with other CMS quality programs.
- Modify other aspects of the program to match long-term goals, reduce complexity and lessen providers’ reporting burdens.
- Shorten the EHR reporting period in 2015 to 90 days to accommodate these changes.