Friday, October 21, 2011

CMS is Holding a Second Webinar on the CQMs and the EHR Incentive Programs for Small-Practice Providers

What: Webinar- The CMS EHR Incentive Programs: Small-Practice Providers and Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs)
When: October 25 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Why: To help small-practice providers successfully report CQMs
How: Register online

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding a second webinar on CQMs and their importance in attesting to meaningful use for the EHR Incentive Programs. CMS hopes to help small-practice and rural providers become more knowledgeable in the topics below:

• An overview of the CQMs
• How to report CQMs during attestation
• Why CQMs are included in the EHR Incentive Programs
• Answers to many FAQs on the CQMs and the EHR Incentive Programs

Although, small-practice providers are the intended audience of this webinar, anyone is welcome to join.

The webinar presentation, a document with over 300 questions and answers from the webinar held on August 30, and an informational CQM fact sheet will be provided to participants before the webinar as downloadable handouts.

Additionally, registrants will be given an opportunity to submit questions through the registration site before the webinar that will be answered by CMS subject matter experts and posted to the CMS EHR website a few weeks after the webinar has been completed.

Registration

Individuals can register online for the webinar. After successfully registering, they will be sent a confirmation message with a link to the webinar site. Space is limited, so interested participants should register now to secure their place.