CMS reopens EHR hardship exception application timeframe

Government Health IT: Providers looking to attest to meaningful use but running into problems with their EHR versions just got a new window of time to apply for a hardship exception.

Indeed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Tuesday it will reopen the submission period — the new due date for hospitals and physicians hoping to avoid 2015 Medicare payment adjustments is Nov. 30, 2014.

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