Jon,
I appreciate your posting of the link, and am not too alarmed, but just a bit leery. I am having an ethical dilemma with the affordable care act and watching the mounting debt of our country, and am really considering not collecting on the 3 stages of meaningful use. Oh, that's rational jimmie--by not taking the 44K you will single-handedly reduce our trillions of dollars of debt.
I do not fault any one for collecting on the money nor do I judge any one for doing so, but the question I need to further explore is that if one does not even attempt to attest for MU will there be some sort of penalty, and if so can I stomach it?
I have said this more than once, but started the EHR out of fear, so one could argue that I am a bit short sided, starting AC on 11/11/11, for the main reason to reduce any further penalties (as I am currently being penalized for not e-scribing by June 2011).
But I don't know if it is my pride or just being naive, but for me it just does not feel right to go after the 18K, unless there will be an additional penalty that may further jeopardize the cost of running the office.
I do not have a doubt that if I attested I would get the 18K and nearly have all the criteria met now for stage 1, but what I have been able to do since January with stabilizing overhead issues and improved charges/collections has really surprised me and in the long run will likely make the 44k(subtracting out the taxes) seem irrelevant.
So, can I stomach just saying no to this low lying,tempting fruit, because the fruit from my perspective is souring quickly on the tree.
