To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2015 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other purposes.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in specifying the electronic health record (EHR) reporting period under EHR electronic health record technology incentive payment programs under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to continue through 2015 (in the case of eligible professionals) and FY2015 (in the case of eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals) to permit the use of a three-month quarter EHR reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use without regard to the payment year or the stage of meaningful use criteria involved.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5481 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5481

   To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for 
health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2015 under the 
  Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2014

 Mrs. Ellmers (for herself and Mr. Matheson) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
  in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for 
health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2015 under the 
  Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONTINUING USE OF 3-MONTH QUARTER EHR REPORTING PERIODS FOR 
              PROFESSIONALS AND HOSPITALS TO DEMONSTRATE MEANINGFUL USE 
              FOR 2015 UNDER THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID EHR INCENTIVE 
              PAYMENT PROGRAMS.

    In specifying the EHR reporting period under part 495 of title 42, 
Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of titles XVIII and XIX of 
the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall continue through 2015 (in the case of eligible professionals) and 
fiscal year 2015 (in the case of eligible hospitals and critical access 
hospitals) to permit the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period 
to demonstrate meaningful use for purposes of such part, without regard 
to the payment year or the stage of meaningful use criteria involved.
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