Medicare Deadline Approaching

Please remember that June 30, 2011 is the deadline date for adhering to Medicare's requirement for E-Prescribing.
As of this date, you must have submitted at least 10 eligible claims containing electronic prescribing.... If you do not meet this requirement, your Medicare claims will be reduced by 1% in 2012.

Hopefully your billing system already contains CPT code G8553 which reports claims with E-prescribe. If not, then you are running out of time and this should be your number one priority in the next week.

You will not be exempt from this requirement, even if you have earned a Meaningful Use bonus in 2011....and must still report G8553 on 10 claims during the period of January 1, 2011 and June 30, 2011...

For more information on further Medicare EHR requirements, log onto the Medicare web-site at
www.Medicare.gov The site is easy to follow and will give you dates and requirements for your compliance..