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I've been informed by Michigan Medicaid that they will only accept 90 day reporting period for MU which begins on first day of a quarter....as in Jan 1 or Apr 1 or July 1 or Oct 1.
WTF!!!!!!! I thought I could report for any 90 day period!

Hi Dr Godbole.

I did some research on the MI Medicaid website (they do not make it easy to find information) and I found this bit of information:

Because all providers must upgrade or adopt newly certified EHRs in 2014, all
providers regardless of their stage of meaningful use are only required to
demonstrate meaningful use for a three-month (or 90-day) EHR reporting
period in 2014:
▲ Eligible Professionals (EPs) beyond their first year of Meaningful Use
must select a three-month reporting period fixed to the quarter of the
calendar year.
▲ EPs demonstrating Meaningful Use for the first time in 2014 may select
any continuous 90 day reporting period (does not need to be affixed to a
calendar quarter).
▲ Providers must attest to these reporting periods no later than February
28, 2015 at 11:59pm ET.

My interpretation is that if this is your first time for MU, then it can be any 90 Days, if it is not then it must be a calendar quarter. I will check with our MU team to see if this is uniquely a MI State ruling, or if this is nationwide.

Thank you Mark.
Could you post the URL of where you see the February 28 2015 deadline? I looked at the Michigan Medicaid guide pdf and I don't see the deadline being spelled out. If it is truly Feb 28, I can stop freaking out for now!

Sure, I found there information here: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch/04-17-2014_HITC_Final_454127_7.pdf

Its a PDF, and the information was on page 11.

Feb 28th has been the standard "Last Day for Attestation" for a couple of years. They usually end up extending it by a week because the CMS website usually crashes due to overload.