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Prime
Clinical Systems, Inc.
3675
E. Huntington Drive, Suite A
Pasadena,
CA 91107
February 11, 2014
Dear
Client,
Per a
February 7, 2014 email from CMS,
CMS is now allowing an extended
attestation period for the 2013
reporting year. For details, please
see the following CMS email.
Sincerely,
Prime
Clinical Systems, Inc.
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February 7, 2014
New EHR Attestation
Deadline for Eligible Professionals:
March
31, 2014
CMS
is extending the deadline for
eligible professionals to attest
to meaningful use for the Medicare
EHR Incentive Program 2013 reporting
year from 11:59 pm ET on February
28, 2014 to 11:59 pm ET March
31, 2014.
In
addition, CMS is offering assistance
to eligible hospitals who may
have experienced difficulty attesting
to submit their attestation retroactively
and avoid the 2015 payment adjustment.
This
extension will allow more time
for providers to submit their
meaningful use data and receive
an incentive payment for the 2013
program year, as well as avoid
the 2015 payment adjustment.
This
extension does not impact the
deadlines for the Medicaid EHR
Incentive Program or any other
CMS program, including the electronic
submission for the
How
to attest?
If you are an eligible professional,
you may use the registration
and attestation system to submit
your attestation for meaningful
use for the 2013 reporting year. You
must attest prior by 11:59 pm
ET on March 31, 2014 to meet the
new 2013 program deadline.
If you
are an eligible hospital, you
may contact
CMS
for assistance submitting your
attestation retroactively. You
must contact CMS by 11:59 pm on
March 15, 2014 in order to participate
for the 2013 program year.
Resources
If you are an eligible professional
working on your attestation for
the 2013 reporting period, there
are resources available to help
you with the registration and
attestation process.
The
EHR Information left is open
to assist you with all of your
registration and attestation system
inquiries. Please call, 1-888-734-6433
(primary number) or 888-734-6563
(TTY number). The EHR Information
left is open Monday through Friday
from 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Central
Time), except federal holidays.
Tips
In addition, there are some simple
steps you can take which will
help to make the process easier
for you:
•
Ensure that your payment
assignment and other relevant
information is up to date in the
Medicare payment system PECOS
•
Make sure to include a valid
email address in your EHR program
registration
•
Consider logging on to use
the attestation system during
non-peak hours such as evenings
and weekends
•
Log on to the registration
and attestation system now and
ensure that your information is
up to date and begin entering
your 2013 data
•
If you experience attestation
problems, call the EHR Incentive
Program Help Desk and report the
problem
If
your organization has more than
1,000 providers assigned to a
proxy user, use the PECOS system
to designate additional proxies
to facilitate attestation.
Eligible Hospital
Instructions:
1.
Send the following information
to EH2013Extension@Provider-Resources.com
no later than 11:59 PM EST on
3/15/2014:
o
CCN
o
Hospital Name
o
Contact Person Name
o
Contact Person Email
o
Contact Person Phone
2.
Type "EH 2013 EXTENSION"
in the subject line of the email
note
3. Each Hospital
must be identified in a separate
email
CMS
will contact the person that you
designate in your request to provide
additional instructions regarding
the Eligible Hospital 2013 attestation
submission.
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