MU: New deadlines for MU Hardship Application submissions
March 15, 2016
Written by Patty Kosednar
The 2015 reporting Hardship application deadline has been extended to July 1, 2016 for those eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals (EHs) and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that are unable to attest for Meaningful Use in 2015 and want to apply for an exception from the Medicare Electronic Health Records Incentive Program 2017 payment adjustment.
This new, streamlined application process is the result of the Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act (PAMPA), which established that the Secretary may consider hardship exceptions for “categories” of EPs, EHs and CAHs that were identified on the CMS website as of December 15, 2015. Prior to this law, CMS was required to review all applications on a “case-by-case” basis.
Click CMS Payment Adjustment and Hardship Information to find the Hardship Instructions and Applications.
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