Anesthesia Business Consultants has compiled a checklist to help anesthesiologists and pain management specialists to satisfy Stage 1 of Meaningful Use using its F1RSTUse EHR management platform.
Here are five questions answered by ABC about F1RSTUse anesthesia meaningful use.
1. What is the maximum incentive payment if I start now? If you have not enrolled in the F1RSTUse system, the incentive payment is $39,000. The $44,000 payment is no longer available past the Oct. 3 deadline by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
2. What is the certification number for EHR? The certification number for the F1RSTUse system is CHPL Product Number: IG-2630-12-0006.
3. If F1RSTUse just an EHR? F1RSTUse is a full service EHR management platform for anesthesiology with ABC as your data management partner.
4. What else do I have to buy? Nothing. ABC does not require any further software purchase. F1RSTUse is designed to achieve the incentive payments available to fund your operations and technology platform.
5. When do I get my first payment? If you signed up for the F1RSTUse system before the Oct. 2 deadline, then you would be able to attest beginning in January. CMS releases payments four to eight weeks after attestation, so payments are available by March 1, 2013 at the latest.
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Here are five questions answered by ABC about F1RSTUse anesthesia meaningful use.
1. What is the maximum incentive payment if I start now? If you have not enrolled in the F1RSTUse system, the incentive payment is $39,000. The $44,000 payment is no longer available past the Oct. 3 deadline by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
2. What is the certification number for EHR? The certification number for the F1RSTUse system is CHPL Product Number: IG-2630-12-0006.
3. If F1RSTUse just an EHR? F1RSTUse is a full service EHR management platform for anesthesiology with ABC as your data management partner.
4. What else do I have to buy? Nothing. ABC does not require any further software purchase. F1RSTUse is designed to achieve the incentive payments available to fund your operations and technology platform.
5. When do I get my first payment? If you signed up for the F1RSTUse system before the Oct. 2 deadline, then you would be able to attest beginning in January. CMS releases payments four to eight weeks after attestation, so payments are available by March 1, 2013 at the latest.
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