News Summary :
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed the deadline for submitting meaningful use hardship exceptions for the electronic health records (EHRs) incentive program to November 30. The deadline was previously slated for April 1, 2014, for eligible hospitals and July 1, 2014, for eligible professionals.
The reopened hardship exception submission period is for eligible professionals and hospitals that have been unable to fully implement 2014 edition certified EHR technology due to vendor delays in making those EHRs available. In addition, it applies to eligible professionals who were unable to attest by October 1, 2014, and hospitals that were unable to attest by July 1, 2014, using the flexibility options provided by the CMS.
