Meaningful Use Pilot Program Permits Hospitals To Report Clinical Quality Measures

Under a new Medicare pilot program beginning in 2012, hospitals and critical access hospitals will be able to report clinical quality measures (CQMs) under the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program to qualify for Meaningful Use bonuses. The voluntary pilot program would help hospitals test the interoperability and functionality of their certified EHR systems and help advance EHR reporting. Hospitals that choose not to participate in the voluntary pilot program will continue to calculate their CQM results and attest to them as they did in 2011. The pilot program was described in the Medicare Hospital Outpatient prospective payment system final . . .