Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Industry Note:

EHR Hardship Exception Application Doesn't Prevent You from Meeting MU Requirements

If you’ve submitted an EHR hardship exception, you might be thinking you have to kiss an incentive payment goodbye — but fortunately, you’d be wrong. In a new FAQ on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website, the agency says that you can have the best of both worlds. “Submission of a hardship exception application does not prevent [...]
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