Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals must attest to meaningful use of electronic health records for the 2019 Promoting Interoperability Program reporting period by Monday, March 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Critical access hospitals that received a 2018 Medicare payment adjustment through the program and believe they were subject to a payment adjustment error may apply through March 6 for reconsideration. For more on the program, visit www.cms.gov

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