CMS and ONC Finalize Regulation on Stage 2 MU Reporting—Without Flexibility

Healthcare Informatics: In what some in the healthcare IT field might find a surprise move, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced late on Friday afternoon, Aug. 29, that eligible healthcare providers would not be granted the opportunity to engage in a 90-day meaningful use reporting period for second-year reporting, but instead, would be required to engage in a 365-day reporting period in second-year Stage 2 reporting in 2015, whose fiscal year begins October 1, 2014.

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