Reminder: July 1 deadline to apply for EHR hardship exception
Inpatient prospective payment system hospitals and eligible professionals who did not achieve meaningful use in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for the 2016 reporting period can apply through July 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET for a hardship exception from the 2018 payment adjustment. For instructions and applications, visit www.cms.gov.
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