What are the penalties associated with not using a certified EHR technology in a “meaningful” way?
Fee schedule payments to eligible professionals for covered professional services will be adjusted if the profession is not a meaningful user of a certified EHR technology by 2015. The professional’s fee schedule amount will be reduced to 99 percent in 2015, 98 percent in 2016, and 97 percent in 2017 and in each subsequent year for all covered professional services. For 2018 and each subsequent year, if the Secretary finds that the proportion of eligible professionals who are meaningful EHR users is less than 75 percent, the applicable fee schedule amount will be decreased by one percentage point from the applicable percent in the preceding year, but in no case will the applicable percent be less than 95 percent.
Penalties will be implemented through payment adjustments to fee schedule reimbursements made to EPs for covered professional services. If an EP hasn’t demonstrated meaningful use successfully by 2015 or each year after they are subject to the Medicare penalties. The EP’s fee schedule reimbursement amount will be reduced to 99 percent in 2015, 98 percent in 2016, and 97 percent in 2017 and in each subsequent year for all covered professional services. For 2018 and each subsequent year, if the Secretary finds that the proportion of eligible professionals who are meaningful EHR users is less than 75 percent, the applicable fee schedule amount will be decreased by one percentage point from the applicable percent in the preceding year, but in no case will the applicable percent be less than 95 percent.
Related Questions
- Who is responsible for demonstrating meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology, the provider or the vendor?
- What are the penalties associated with not using a certified EHR technology in a "meaningful" way?
- What are the penalties for not using a certified EHR system and/or demonstrating meaningful use?
