News in Brief Deadline looms for 2016 Medicare meaningful use attestation DOs who accept Medicare must attest by Feb. 28, 2017. Jan. 23, 2017Monday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics EHRsmeaningful use Physicians participating in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program need to report and attest to the 2016 program requirements by Tuesday, Feb. 28. The meaningful use EHR reporting period was any continuous 90 days between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2016. To attest, visit the EHR Incentive Program’s Registration and Attestation System site. Contact the CMS EHR Information Center at (888) 734-6433, option 1, for more information about registration and attestation system. Refer to your state’s deadlines for attestation information if you are participating in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. More in Newsbriefs Applications now open for AOA’s new Physician Payment Policy Fellowship Apply for the AOA’s inaugural 18-month Physician Payment Policy Fellowship and deepen your expertise in healthcare payment systems. Applications are due Dec. 19, 2025. DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book. Previous articleIn Memoriam: Jan. 23, 2016 Next articleNew PCORI funding available for low back pain research
Applications now open for AOA’s new Physician Payment Policy Fellowship Apply for the AOA’s inaugural 18-month Physician Payment Policy Fellowship and deepen your expertise in healthcare payment systems. Applications are due Dec. 19, 2025.
DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book.