117.982 Exemption Criteria for Electronic Health Record Adoption and Cloud-Based Electronic Health Record Packages
The Medical Society of the State of New York will ask that the American Medical Association (AMA) not give up the fight for Electronic Health Records (EHR) exemptions and continue to petition the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to:
(a) Grant solo physician practices and physicians nearing the age of retirement an exemption from the disincentives associated with not using Electronic Health Records (EHR); and
(b) Provide government EHR adoption subsidies for any small and/or solo physician practices that demonstrate a need for these subsidies, beyond the present incentive payment structure; and
(c) Provide cheaper alternatives to commercial EHR systems, either through a lowest-bid Request for Proposal (RFP) process with commercial vendors, or the development of a low-cost or free, CMS-based and administered, cloud-based system for physicians in solo practice and physicians nearing the age of retirement.
The Medical Society of the State of New York will urge the American Medical Association (AMA) request the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) grant a “temporary waiver” for physician practices that are, in good faith, in the process of obtaining and attempting to implement meaningful use of an Electronic Health Records system, but due to technical issues beyond their control will be unable to meet the October, 2014 attestation deadline. (HOD 2014-107; Reaffirmed HOD 2024)
