tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 16

Industry Notes: Meaningful Use Reporting Just Got Easier for Medicare Hospitals in 2018

Not all Medicare providers will report under Advancing Care Information in 2018. As of right now, Medicare-eligible and Medicaid-eligible hospitals will continue to submit Meaningful Use (MU) data to the Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) System through CMS. Starting January 2, 2018, Medicare-eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals “participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program will submit their 2017 meaningful use data to the QualityNet Secure Portal,” said a CMS update on Aug. 7, 2017. However, be advised that the release mentioned the program’s registration and attestation will not be open for hospitals until Dec. 31, 2017...

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