CMS Contractor to Begin Medicare, Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Audits

CMS has hired a contractor to perform the promised audits of Medicare providers and dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid hospitals that have received federal electronic health record system incentive payments.

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The contractor is Figliozzi & Company of Garden City, N.Y. CMS declined to elaborate on the extent of the audit program. According to its website, those who will be audited will receive a letter. In order to prepare for a potential audit, providers should retain all relevant supporting documentation for attestation in either paper or electronic format, according to CMS.

For more information on the audit process, click here.

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