October 19, 2011

Medicaid Electronic Health Record Provider Incentive Payment Program

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services has received approval from the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to extend the deadline for registering and attesting for the Medicaid EHR Provider Incentive Payment Program to 90 days after the end of the federal fiscal year for eligible hospitals (EHs). The deadline for registering and attesting for the 2011 payment for eligible hospitals is December 31, 2011.

HFS plans to release instructions for accessing MEDI and Attestation in mid-November 2011. HFS has shared draft screen shots of the system (click here) showing the information that will have to be entered. We suggest that you review this information in order to have the data necessary to enter when attestation begins in mid-November. Additional information about the EHR Provider Incentive Payment Program can be found on the HFS website (click here).

For the Medicare EHR incentive payment program, the deadline remains 60 days after the end of the federal fiscal year for EHs - November 30, 2011. Additional important dates are listed on the federal CMS website (click here).

Staff Contact: Jo Ann Spoor; 217.541.1187