definitely do not delay....unless you are planning on not participating in MU.
You must report on the full calendar year for all subsequent years of participation in the MU Incentive program.

what you read has to do with implementation of the different stages of the MU program. Stage 1 was easy. Stage 2 a little more challenging and requires more reporting features from the EHR. Stage 3 is yet again probably more challenging and probably demands more reporting and better scores and more features of the EMR.

CMS is not yet ready to progress to stage 2, so we are still reporting in the stage 1 of the incentive program. But the bottom line is if you want to get paid, you must continue collecting the MU data and plan to attest at the end of CY 2012.


Adam Lauer, DO (solo FP)
Twin City Family Medicine
Brewer, ME