CMS Shortens 2015 Meaningful Use Reporting Period, Removes 'Topped Out' Measures

Providers are pleased that CMS intends to shorten the reporting period for the so-called meaningful use of electronic health records to 90 days in 2015 as part of a proposed rule released Friday (April 10) after both providers and lawmakers pushed for more flexibility in the meaningful use program. The proposed rule also aligns the program with an earlier proposed rule on the third stage of meaningful use released last month, removing measures the agency says are redundant...