Meaningful Use Criteria

"Meaningful Use" is the term being used by the U.S. DHHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to describe the federal criteria that eligible providers must meet to qualify to receive financial incentives for using electronic health records (EHRs) in a meaningful manner.The meaningful use criteria will involve three stages that are being rolled out over time. Only the Stage 1 criteria have been finalized at this point. In addition to defining the requirements that health care providers need to meet in order to achieve meaningful use, the rule outlines payment methodologies for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs.

The final rule on MU is available here. Other useful links and materials are available on this web page. Also, please visit the ONC’s Web site for complete information on meaningful use and standards and certification.

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CMS Eligble Professional Meaningful Use Table of Contents: Core and Menu Set Measures

More Information

	Additional information about meaningful use
	WVRHITEC Meaningful Use Brochure
	WVRHITEC Meaningful Use Checklist
	Redesigning Practice Workflow Factsheet
	Information for Eligible Providers
	Information for Hospitals
	Official Web Site for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
	Fact Sheet: Electronic Health Records At-a-Glance (July 13, 2010)
	Fact Sheet: Medicare EHR Incentive Program Final Rule Overview (July 16, 2010)
	Fact Sheet: Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Final Rule Overview (July 16, 2010)
	Federal Health Information Technology Resource Site
	Federal Health Information Technology HIT Reports

Working with WVRHITEC is a key way for providers to ensure that they achieve MU according to the federal criteria, and, therefore, begin the process to qualify for federal EHR incentive funds.