I started the attestation process today, will complete it tomorrow.
The MU wizard makes the attestation easy.
I have found clicking all those boxes does not distract me from patients any longer, and I make my staff do much of the blue click boxes.
I'm eager to get the 1st payment of $18,000 in order to reinvest in some of our aging computers. Being more cognizant of the yellow button in the top right corner, I'm making certain patients are up to date on colonoscopies, mammo's, aspirin therapy, and smoking cessation counseling. All in all, not a terrible thing. Plus they are willing to pay us for it. Wait 5 years and CMS will start deducting 2-5% of our reimbursements if we don't participate....yuck.
To address John Howland's question above, they say on one of the CMS websites that "Payments to Medicare EPs will be made to the taxpayer identification number (TIN) selected at the time of registration, through the same channels their claims payments are made. The form of payment (electronic funds transfer or check) will be the same as claims payments."
