CMS Incentive
- Who/What
– Each physician in your practice who attests to Meaningful Use is entitled to a $44,000 incentive over the five
year period for using a certified EHR in a meaninful way.
- When
– CMS will make the payment 60 days after attestation. Meaningful Use started on Jan. 1, 2011 with the
first payments delivered on May 15, 2011.
- How
– The physician must utilize a certified EHR (like meridianEMR), track a number of objectives, and attest to Meaninful
Use.
meridianEMR and Meaningful Use
Your CMS incentive payments are based on your EMR being certified for Meaningful Use.
meridianEMR has all the latest certifications and is committed to staying completely certifed, which is a critical point when selecting an EHR.
meridianEMR offers comprehensive, integrated tools and support to make attesting to Meaningful
Use a simple process.
Meaningful Use Made Easy
Step 1: Use the meridianEMR Meaningful Use Tracking Board to automatically gauge
status on all your Meaningful Use criteria in real-time. The 15 CMS core criteria and five optional criteria must be
met during a 90 day period in order to attest to Meaningful Use in 2011.
Step 2: Visit the CMS website to attest to Meaningful Use at https://ehrincentives.cms.gov/hitech/login.action. Please use meridianEMR ONC-ATCB Certification #30000001SVNJEAS when
applying.
More on the meridianEMR Meaningful Use
Tracking Board
As a meridianEMR client you have your
own personal Tracking Board integrated into your system to provide status on all your Meaningful Use criteria automatically
and in real-time. This data-rich, interactive tool analyzes and calculates each core and each optional item in the Meaningful
Use criteria. It provides an easy to-read visual snapshot of your status. The goal is to have each item appear
in green (denoting completion) over a continuous 90 day period.
Once this is accomplished, you can go to the CMS website to attest to Meaningful Use for 2011.
