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The Medicare Promoting
Interoperability Program Hardship Exception Application for Eligible
Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals is Now Available
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires
that all eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) use 2015
Edition certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to meet the
requirements of the Promoting Interoperability Programs. As required by law,
downward payment adjustments must be applied to eligible hospitals and CAHs that
are not meaningful users of CEHRT.
Eligible hospitals and CAHs may be exempt from Medicare
penalties if they can show that compliance with the requirement for being a
meaningful EHR user would result in a significant hardship. To be considered
for an exemption, eligible hospitals and CAHs must complete a hardship
exception application and provide proof of hardship. If approved, the
hardship exception is valid for only one payment adjustment year. Eligible
Hospitals and CAHs would need to submit a new application for subsequent
years and in no case may an eligible hospital or CAH be granted an exception
for more than five years.
The application for eligible hospitals and CAHs is available
online via the QualityNet
Secure Portal as a web-based application and can be found here. Previously registered users should
already have account access, and new users can create an account by visiting QualityNet
and selecting “Register”.
Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program
Hardship Exception Application Details
For More Information
For more information about payment adjustments and hardship
information, click here.
For more information on the Promoting Interoperability Programs, visit the Promoting
Interoperability Programs website.
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Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services
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Monday, May 4, 2020
Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Eligible Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Hardship Exception Application for the 2019 Reporting Period
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