Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services meaningful use compliance.

摘要

In July 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 1 requirements for physicians to qualify for incentive payments for electronic medical records (EMR). Starting in January 2011, physicians can qualify for incentive payments totaling up to dollar44,000 per doctor for Medicare and dollar63,750 for Medicaid, paid over 4 years. Doctors must be in compliance with 20 (out of a total of 25) objectives set forth by CMS, 15 core objectives, and another 5 "menu items" that may be chosen from a list of 10 "menu objectives." This allows a short 5-month window in which to reach MU compliance to qualify for the earliest incentive payments from the government. Physicians may qualify for the first year of incentive payments by meeting the published MU criteria for 90 consecutive days, beginning in January 2011, but no later than the fourth quarter of 2012.