CMS has released an interim final rule with comment that makes several changes to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs and 2014 Edition EHR Certification Criteria.
The major changes in the interim final rule include:
• The denominator for the objective of making patient information available online will be based on unique patients instead of all patients.
• The denominator options for the objective of sending electronic laboratory results to ambulatory providers will expand and allow hospitals to choose between a denominator of all lab orders received from ambulatory providers.
• The clinical quality measure minimum denominator threshold effective date will move from 2014 to 2013, so hospitals can take advantage of the flexibility right away.
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The major changes in the interim final rule include:
• The denominator for the objective of making patient information available online will be based on unique patients instead of all patients.
• The denominator options for the objective of sending electronic laboratory results to ambulatory providers will expand and allow hospitals to choose between a denominator of all lab orders received from ambulatory providers.
• The clinical quality measure minimum denominator threshold effective date will move from 2014 to 2013, so hospitals can take advantage of the flexibility right away.
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