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I have a 18000 Dollar question.
I am a gastroenterologist. I do not give vaccine, transit patient to another facility and none of my patient have requested patient electronic access.
I would be excluded from Menu items 5, 8 and 9.
However does that mean I got to get 5 out of 7 menu items or 2 out of 7 to get meaningful use bonus?

Found my answer.
This is for others who would like to know.
This is from CMS website under meaningful use.


For Stage 1, which begins in 2011, there will be 25 objectives/measures for EPs and 24 objectives/measures for eligible hospitals. The objectives/measures have been divided into a core set and menu set. EPs and eligible hospitals must meet all objectives/measures in the core set (15 for EPs and 14 for eligible hospitals). They can choose to defer up to five remaining objectives/measures. Each objective/measure was evaluated for its potential applicability to all EPs and eligible hospitals. Where it is impossible for an EP or eligible hospital to meet a specific measure, an exclusion is defined in the final rule. If an exclusion applies to an EP or eligible hospital, then such professional or hospital does not have to meet that objective/measure in order to be determined a meaningful EHR user. For example, if an EP has two exceptions (one for a core objective/measure and one for a menu objective/measure), the EP would need to meet the remaining 14 objectives/measures in the core set and four of the remaining nine objectives/measures in the menu set.

Enlightening, thanks!