I would also like to hear from those who are doing MU/and not doing MU and if it is not too much to ask, could you frame your reasoning why you chose to participate with MU/or not, strictly from running your business.
Why did you choose to participate?
Will the capturing of data affect your own efficiency and your billing department's efficiency?
If there is a reduction in efficiency, will the reduced office efficiency over time be worth not collecting the meaningful use monies +/- penalties, if you had decided not to participate?
If you have chosen to participate in MU have you been able to quantify your office efficiency before and after participation?
My best guess is that if I did not choose to participate, I would lose the 44k incentive money and in addition be penalized 4.5% of my medicare charges each year (13,500 dollars per year if you have 300,000 in medicare charges/year). Also some of the quality metrics incentives would fall outside this argument, I believe.
Thank you for your responses beforehand.
