November 8: New Deadline to Apply for Medicare eRx Exemption November 2, 2011 e prescribing, Medicare, News, Technology CMS, eRx, medicare e-prescribing exemption 2 CMS has extended the deadline to apply for Medicare e-prescribing hardship exemption to Tuesday, November 8, 2011. Click here to file for a hardship exemption. Troubleshooting problems accessing the hardship exemption webpage After reaching the hardship extension website, select Tools, then Internet Options, then Advanced in your internet browser. Scroll down toward the bottom and locate the “Use TLS 1.0” option. Place a checkmark next to “Use TLS 1.0.” Click OK. Attempt to access the site again. If you still have trouble accessing the site, the QualityNet Help Desk may be reached at (866) 288-8912 or by email at qnetsupport@sdps.org from 7 am to 7 pm Central Time, Monday through Friday. Hardship exemption categories include: Physician’s practice is located in a rural area without high-speed internet access. Physician’s practice is located in an area without sufficient available pharmacies for e-prescribing. Physician is registered to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) Incentive Program and adopted certified EHR technology by October 1, 2011, and did so prior to requesting an exemption. Physician is unable to electronically prescribe due to local, state or federal law or regulations. Physician infrequently prescribes (e.g., prescribe fewer than 10 prescriptions between January 1 and June 30, 2011). There are insufficient opportunities to report the e-prescribing measure due to program limitations. Physicians can apply for more than one exemption category if applicable to their particular situation. Exemption requests from individual physicians will not be accepted via mail, email or fax. Group practices already participating in the 2011 e-prescribing group practice reporting option must submit an exemption request via mailed letter (group exemptions cannot be submitted online or via email). For more information, please read SFMS’ blog post here. Comments are closed.
