{"id":41,"date":"2015-03-14T06:49:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T06:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mgsionline.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2016-04-06T11:53:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T11:53:58","slug":"cms-extends-deadline-for-meaningful-use-and-pqrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgsionline.com\/blog\/cms-extends-deadline-for-meaningful-use-and-pqrs\/","title":{"rendered":"CMS extends deadline for \u201cMeaningful Use\u201d and \u201cPQRS\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since the inception of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the US healthcare entities have been striving to improve the way patient care is provided by Providers. Evidently, it has brought out various reforms that focus more on the quality of service rendered to patients. In that list of reforms, a few that provide incentives are the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program and the PQRS program. As Providers already have too much on their plates to focus, CMS has offered grace time to confirm Meaningful Use for 2014 reporting year.<\/p>\n

What is Meaningful Use?<\/b><\/p>\n

It is a set of norms that will be used in the EHR systems for the improvement of patient care provided by healthcare Providers. Incorporated by the National Quality Forum (NQF), the \u2018Meaningful Use\u2019 concept would help in promoting improved patient care, coordination of care, proper patient engagement and enhanced safety.<\/p>\n

The HITECH (Healthcare Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) set a few guidelines in adopting this concept, which came into effect in 2012. Eligible professionals who successfully adopted and used this concept were awarded with good incentives. However, they will be subjected to a penalty on failing to achieve the predetermined standards by 2015.<\/p>\n

CMS\u2019s Deadline Extension on \u2018Meaningful Use\u2019 and \u2018PQRS\u2019:<\/b><\/p>\n