Here’s what you should know.
1. CMS is phasing out such reporting this year, but physicians must still report their meaningful use measures for 2016 to avoid a possible 3 percent penalty.
2. CMS expects to penalize some 171,000 physicians for failing to report meaningful use in 2015.
3. CMS didn’t provide a reasons as to why it is pushing back the deadline.
4. Medscape theorizes, “It is possible that CMS wants to give physicians every opportunity to attest before the window closes.”
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