Update: HFS announced on March 22 that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted HFS an extension for accepting program year 2012 attestations. The new program year 2012 deadline is April 30, 2013.
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) announced that the 2012 Electronic Health Record (EHR) Provider Incentive Payment Program attestation application is now available for eligible professionals.
The EHR Provider Incentive Payment application can be found on the MEDI Home screen of the HFS MEDI System. HFS reported a technical problem made the online application unavailable March 1-4.
The application is now available for eligible professionals (EP) to attest for program year 2012 only. An online attestation application must be completed prior to March 31, 2013, in order to submit program year 2012 attestation.
Program year 2013 attestation will be available during the second quarter of calendar year 2013.
Providers can send questions about the EHR Incentive Payment Program to hfs.ehrincentive@illinois.gov.
