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[EHR Incentive Programs]  For the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, how should an eligible professional (EP), eligible hospital, or critical access hospital (CAH) that sees patients in multiple practice locations attest when locations choose to implement different menu objectives and/or different clinical quality measures?

The attestation system only allows the selection of 5 menu objectives. If an EP practices in multiple locations that choose to implement the same menu objectives, the EP should combine the data for menu objectives for attestation. For menu objectives that are not shared across multiple locations, the EP should attest to the menu objectives implemented at the location where they have the greatest number of their patient encounters.


The attestation system only allows the selection of 6 additional clinical quality measures. If an EP practices in multiple locations that choose to implement the same quality measures, the EP should combine the data for quality measures for attestation. For clinical quality measures that are not shared across multiple locations, the EP should attest to the clinical quality measures implemented at the location where they have the greatest number of their patient encounters.


For information on how to calculate the objectives and clinical quality measures that are the same at multiple locations please refer to FAQ #3609.


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