Meaningful Use Stage 3 NPRM Released
Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs and 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria rules proposed The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
View ArticleOIG Announces Multi-year Meaningful Use Audits Coming Soon
Last week the OIG announced that multi-year meaningful use audits are coming soon to an inbox near you. The OIG announced a “random sample” of audits are to be performed nationwide. The post OIG...
View ArticleMeaningful Use Audits 2.0
Most of us have gotten pretty used to the Meaningful Use (MU) audits being conducted by Figliozzi & Company. They are the folks that have been conducting the CMS EHR Incentive audits for both...
View ArticleOIG Escalates Meaningful Use Audits of Hospitals
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) continues to aggressively audit eligible hospitals (EH) for their CMS EHR Incentive attestations. This week I received documents related to an audit recently...
View ArticleAudits, Audits and More Audits: CMS EHR Incentive Program Attestation Audits
Given what is at stake, preparing for a pre or post-payment audit of a CMS EHR incentive should be considered part of the entire meaningful use process. And while attestations can be withdrawn, they...
View ArticleMeaningful Use Audits: An Update
One of the more common questions we are asked at Meaningful Use Audits has to do with how long after attestation can a CMS Meaningful Use audit take place. What is the look back period? When it is OK...
View ArticleThe Final Rule and Meaningful Use Audits
The long awaited Final Rule gave providers a clearer view for 2015 – 2017 and Stage 3 Meaningful Use (MU). Some of the most fascinating details are found in the nuances buried in the response to public...
View ArticleMeaningful Use in the Rear View Mirror
In the past week I have been contacted by four Eligible Professionals (EP) who have been notified they were being audited by Medicare for their CMS EHR Incentives. In all cases the audits were based on...
View ArticleHospitals Beware: Modified Stage 2 and Meaningful Use Audits
Meaningful use audits against 2015 attestations are currently underway. Through our work at MeaningfulUseAudits.com we have found that there are specific areas of attestation documentation that are...
View ArticleMIPS and Audits Part I: Proposed Rule Points to Potential Mega Recoupments
We are now less than a month away from the CMS Final Rule that will affect Medicare Part B reimbursement far into the future. It is expected that the majority of these providers will fall into the MIPS...
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