Registration & Attestation

Click here to Register or Attest for the Medicare and/or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs

Note for Medicaid Eligible Professionals: Some states have not yet opened their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs,   Eligible Professionals will not be able to register for a Medicaid EHR Incentive Program until their state's program has launched and that state's site has opened. Information on when registration will be available for specific states is posted at Medicaid State Information.

Note for Eligible Hospitals that register for "Both Medicare & Medicaid": You may pre-register for the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program before your state launches, but you will be placed in a "pending state validation" status for eligibility in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. You will not be able to complete the Medicaid program eligibility requirements or receive a Medicaid incentive payment until your state’s program is launched. You may, however, continue with registration and attestation for the Medicare program. For a list of expected program launch dates, please visit the Medicaid State Information page.

Are you registering or attesting on behalf of an Eligible Professional?
CMS allows an eligible professional to designate a third party to register and attest on his or her behalf. To do so, users working on behalf of an eligible professional must have an Identity and Access Management System (I&A) web user account (User ID/Password), and be associated to the eligible professional's National Provider Identifier (NPI). If you are working on behalf of one or more eligible professionals and do not have an I&A web user account, please visit I&A Security Check to create one. (Note: States will not necessarily offer the same functionality for registration and attestation in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. Check with your State to see what functionality will be offered.)

Official User Guides
Below are step-by-step guides to help you register and attest for EHR Incentive Programs. These official guides provide easy instructions for using the CMS Registration & Attestation system, helpful tips and screenshots to walk you through the process, and important information that you will need in order to successfully register and attest. Please download the guide that best fits your needs:

• Registration User Guide for Medicare Eligible Professionals
• Registration User Guide for Medicaid Eligible Professionals
• Registration User Guide for All Eligible Hospitals

Attestation User Guides:

• Attestation User Guide for Medicare Eligible Professionals
• Attestation User Guide for All Eligible Hospitals

Note: While all providers begin their registration through the CMS Registration & Attestation System, Medicaid eligible professionals and Medicaid-only eligible hospitals must attest though their State Medicaid Agency’s website. Please visit our Medicaid State Information page to learn more.

Webinar Tutorials

We also have a variety of webinar tutorials that can guide you through the registration and attestation process:

• Hospitals -  This tutorial will provide Eligible Hospitals with a step-by-step guide to help ensure the registration process is a success.(A transcript of this webinar is available.)

• Attestation Webinar for Medicare Eligible Professionals – A step-by-step guide for Medicare Eligible Professionals who are ready to attest to meaningful use.
• Attestation Webinar for Medicare Eligible Hospitals – A step-by-step guide for Eligible Hospitals that are ready to attest to meaningful use.

Attestation Resources
Before you attest, use these resources to organize your information and to make sure your attestation will be successful:

• Meaningful Use Attestation Calculator – Enter your information in this calculator before you attest to see if you are successful. Find out if you have met all the requirements of meaningful use before you submit your attestation to CMS.
• Attestation Worksheet for Eligible Professionals – Take the guesswork out of attestation. Use this simple worksheet to organize your numerator, denominator, and exclusion information in one convenient place so that attestation is an easy process.
• Attestation Worksheet for Eligible Hospitals and CAHs – A simple worksheet to organize your numerator, denominator, and exclusion information in one convenient place.

Audits and Appeals

Any provider that receives an EHR incentive payment for either the Medicare EHR Incentive Program or the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program potentially may be subject to an audit. 

CMS is now accepting appeals for eligible professionals and eligible hospitals.For general questions and for information on how to file an appeal, please visit our EHR Incentive Programs Appeals page. 

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Information Center is open to assist you with all of your registration and attestation system inquiries.
 

    EHR Information Center Hours of Operation:

    7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Central Time) Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.  

    1-888-734-6433 (primary number) or 888-734-6563 (TTY number)
    

    Submit an Inquiry to the EHR Information Center
 

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