$44,000 over five years for meeting meaningful use criteria from 2011 to 2016. Eligible Medicare physicians in a health professional shortage area can re- ceive a 10-percent increase in incentives. Eligible non-hospital-based physi- cians with at least 30-percent Medic- aid patient volume can receive up to $63,750 over six years in incentive pay- ments from 2011 to 2021. Eligible non- hospital-based pediatricians with at least 20-percent Medicaid patient volume could receive up to $42,500 during the same period. Medicare-eligible physicians who
don’t meet meaningful use requirements by 2015 and in each subsequent year are subject to Medicare reimbursement pen- alties that start at 1 percent per year and grow to a maximum 5-percent annual reduction. There are no penalties for not participating in the Medicaid EHR incen- tive program.
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When being audited, Dr. Sachdev says it’s also a good idea to seek guid- ance from EHR vendors, IT professionals, the RECs, TMA, and CMS. “Make sure you fully understand how to meet each objective. If you were an early adopter, be aware that some objec- tives have changed. Follow up with your contacts each year to ensure you contin- ue to successfully perform all the steps of each objective,” Dr. Sachdev said. Physicians should maintain, for at least six years, documentation support- ing the meaningful use measures, cal- culations, and data submitted during attestation. CMS prepared “EHR Incentive Pro-
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grams Supporting Documentation for Audits,”
http://go.cms.gov/WjRCM6, to help practices better understand the documentation needed in an audit. CMS instructs physicians to save the electron- ic or paper documentation that supports attestation, as well as documentation of the values entered in the attestation module for clinical quality measures. Ana I. Rodriguez, MD, a San Anto- nio internist, says Figliozzi notified her 10-physician group that it is auditing three of the nine physicians who attested to meeting Stage 1 Medicare EHR mean- ingful use measures. They are internist Brian Senger, MD, and family physicians
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