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The Eligible Professional (EP) Attestation Worksheet is for EPs in the EHR Incentive Program in 2015, and allows them to log their meaningful use measures on this page to use as a reference when attesting for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in the CMS system.

CMS recently released a final rule that specifies criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet in order to continue to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The final rule’s provisions encompass EHR Incentive Programs in 2015 through 2017 as well as Stage 3 in 2018 and beyond. This fact sheet focuses on the EHR Incentive programs in 2015 through 2017.

Beginning in 2015, there are several changes to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs objectives and measures for eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs).

To help you prepare to participate in the Medicare and/or Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, review the following registration and attestation checklists. Once you are ready, you can register and/or attest through the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Registration and Attestation Website.

In October 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule that specifies criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The final rule’s provisions apply from 2015 through 2017, as well as in Stage 3 of the EHR Incentive Programs in 2018 and beyond.