CMS Releases Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements

Last week, CMS released the requirements for Stage 2 Meaningful Use. As expected, they build upon Stage 1 requirements by making many of the “optional” Stage 1 requirements mandatory. Perhaps the most significant change in requirements is that the reporting of Syndromic Surveillance data is mandatory in Stage 2 for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals.

For now, eligible professionals are excluded from this requirement because most public health agencies are not equipped to receive data from this group.

Other updates: To qualify, Syndromic Surveillance data must be submitted for all of 2014, the “entire EHR reporting period.” Previously, data only needed to be submitted for 3 months.

For a list of facts regarding the updated requirements, please visit the CMS website.