Reminder: Nov. 30 deadline for hospitals to avoid EHR payment adjustment
Critical access hospitals that did not achieve meaningful use in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for the 2016 reporting period can apply through Nov. 30 for a hardship exception to avoid a 2018 payment adjustment. Inpatient prospective payment system hospitals that did not achieve meaningful use or receive a hardship exception for the 2016 reporting period can apply through Nov. 30 for reconsideration of their 2018 payment adjustment. For instructions and applications, click here.
Related News Articles
Headline
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Oct. 7 announced the launch of the Super Intelligence for Healthcare Improvement Initiative, a two-part…
Headline
An AHA blog published Oct. 5 responds to a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association report suggesting that hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence-enabled…
Headline
The AHA provided comments Sept. 30 to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia and…
Headline
Two executive orders on artificial intelligence were released Sept. 29 by the White House. One announced a new website that will use AI to deliver federal…
Headline
The Food and Drug Administration released draft guidance Sept. 24 that includes recommendations on non-clinical testing, clinical data and labeling for…
Headline
The Health Resources and Services Administration announced Sept. 22 that it will award $19 million in grants to expand various telehealth learning services.…