KENTUCKY REGIONAL EXTENSION CENTER

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR CY 2021 ECQM SUBMISSIONS AND MEDICARE PROMOTING INTEROPERABILITY PROGRAM ATTESTATION

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR CY 2021 ECQM SUBMISSIONS AND MEDICARE PROMOTING INTEROPERABILITY PROGRAM ATTESTATION

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended two deadlines affecting eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program and/or the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.

The deadline for the submission of electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) data for the calendar year (CY) 2021 reporting period, pertaining to the fiscal year (FY) 2023 payment determination, has been changed from Monday, February 28, 2022, to Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (PT).

The Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program attestation deadline for eligible hospitals and CAHs has been changed from Monday, February 28, 2022, to Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

For CY 2021 reporting, all other aspects of program requirements remain the same.

Questions? Contact the experts at Kentucky REC for all of your Medicare Promoting Interoperability questions. We’re here to help: 859-323-3090.