EHR Certification: Your Top 5 Questions Answered
With registration for Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs officially underway, there may still be some questions about which systems will qualify practices and hospitals for federal dollars. CMS offers some answers here.
With registration for Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs officially underway, there may still be some questions about which systems will qualify practices and hospitals for federal dollars.
We recently asked CMS, the Federal agency responsible for the incentive program, to clear up some questions and misconceptions from you, our readers, culled over the last few months.
We hope these help you, but if you still have an inquiry, let us know and we'll get the answers directly from CMS.
Q. To qualify, systems must be certified - what does that mean?
A. The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs require the use of certified EHR technology. A certified system meets the DHHS standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for EHR technology. The EHR systems that meet the certification requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs are listed on