October brings a flurry of Meaningful Use attestations, and this October is no different. Eligible Hospitals finished up their attestation and are wrapping up the 2014 year; Eligible Professionals are checking their numbers and gearing up for their last run at achieving Meaningful Use before the end of the year. Lingering in the background is ensuring that you have maintained documentation sufficient to meet the auditor’s standards.
Our guest blog post author, Steve Spearman from Health Security Solutions, researched the CMS audit results, and for hospitals the results are not too bad – but the same can’t be said for Eligible Professionals. Here are the highlights:
Prepayment Audits for Eligible Professionals: 21.5% failed the audit.
Post-Payment Audits for Eligible Professionals: 24% failed the audit.
Post-Payment Audits for Hospitals: 4,7% failed the audit.
Steve’s blog article provides a deep dive into the audit results and the reasons for failure for both Eligible Professionals and hospitals. To read his terrific blog article click here. If you are interested in learning more about the audit statistics click here for Jim Tate’s blog article as well.
More audits are coming and making sure that you have double checked your numbers before attesting and performed your security risk analysis, including an implementation plan and completion dates, is necessary. For assistance in preparing for audits or if you recently received an audit please contact Elana Zana.
