Monday, March 21, 2011

CMS Announces Two Upcoming National Education Calls on Registration for the EHR Incentive Programs

Fri Apr 1, 1:30-3pm EDT / 11:30-1pm MDT – Eligible Professionals, Medicare Incentive Program

Wed Apr 6, 1:30-3pm EDT / 11:30-1pm MDT – Eligible Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid Incentive Programs

On Fri Apr 1, the CMS Provider Communications Group will host a national provider education call for eligible professionals about registration for the Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program, which will cover the following topics:
 Eligibility for Incentives
 Switching between the Medicare and Medicaid Incentive Programs
 Reassigning Payments
 Pre-Registration
 Registration
 Helpful Resources

Then, on Wed Apr 6, CMS will host a second national call for eligible hospitals about registration for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, which will cover:
 Eligibility for Incentives
 Dually eligible hospitals
 Pre-Registration
 Registration
 Helpful Resources

In order to receive the call-in information for either of these calls, participants must register. (Note that if you are planning to sit in with a group, only one person needs to register to receive the call-in information.) Registration will close at 1:30pm EST on the day before each of the calls or when available space has been filled; no exceptions will be made, so please register early. To register for these calls:
Visit either:
http://www.eventsvc.com/palmettogba/040111 (for the Fri Apr 1 call), or
http://www.eventsvc.com/palmettogba/040611 (for the Wed Apr 6 call).

Prior to each call, presentation materials will be available in the Upcoming Events section of the Spotlight Page on the CMS EHR website.