The federal government has issued a proposal that would make it easier for hospitals to meet “meaningful use” requirements for 2015 through 2017.
A draft rule published by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes a number of changes in meaningful use requirements, including:
- reducing from one year to 90 consecutive days the reporting period for the electronic health record reporting payment program;
- eliminating some current requirements and reducing others;
- changing the reporting period for hospitals from their fiscal year to a calendar year; and
- reducing the requirements for providers’ patients using technology to download and view their medical records.
Interested parties have 60 days to submit comments on the proposed regulation.
See that proposed regulation here.
