The following Q&A comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website.
Q: For the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, should patient encounters in an ambulatory surgical center (Place of Service 24) be included in the denominator for calculating that at least 50 percent or more of an eligible professional’s (EP’s) patient encounters during the reporting period occurred at a practice/location or practices/locations equipped with certified EHR technology?
CMS: Yes. EPs who practice in multiple locations must have 50 percent or more of their patient encounters during the reporting period at a practice/location or practices/locations equipped with certified EHR technology. Every patient encounter in all Places of Service (POS) except a hospital inpatient department (POS 21) or a hospital emergency department (POS 23) should be included in the denominator of the calculation, which would include patient encounters in an ambulatory surgical center (POS 24).
For more information about the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, please visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms.
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