EHR Intelligence October 10, 2017
Payment adjustments for eligible hospitals in the 2018 EHR Incentive Program began on October 1.
Eligible hospitals that do not successfully demonstrate meaningful use for an EHR reporting period associated with a payment adjustment year will receive reduced Medicare payments for that year,” clarified the federal agency in a list serv. “The payment adjustments began on October 1, 2014 for eligible hospitals. Eligible hospitals that only participate in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program and do not bill Medicare are not subject to these payment adjustments.”
The federal agency specified eligible hospitals that are not meaningful EHR users will be subject to payment adjustments starting on October 1, 2017 for fiscal year (FY) 2018.
“This payment adjustment is applied as a...