The American Hospital Association and National Rural Health Association are urging CMS to allow certain physicians and others who bill for outpatient services provided at critical access hospitals to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs, according to an AHA News Now report.
AHA and NRHA wrote a letter to CMS stating that physicians and other professionals who bill for outpatient services provided in a CAH using Method 2, the "optional method," may be inappropriately classified as hospital-based when they should be eligible for the EHR programs, according to the report.
The associations also said CMS is wrongly excluding covered Medicare Part B charges billed under Method 2 from calculations of incentive payments.
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AHA and NRHA wrote a letter to CMS stating that physicians and other professionals who bill for outpatient services provided in a CAH using Method 2, the "optional method," may be inappropriately classified as hospital-based when they should be eligible for the EHR programs, according to the report.
The associations also said CMS is wrongly excluding covered Medicare Part B charges billed under Method 2 from calculations of incentive payments.
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