PARCA eNews – Sept. 2, 2015 – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that two electronic health record (EHR) products, previously certified as products that may be used as part of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, had their certifications terminated.
The products do not continue to meet ONC Health IT Certification Program requirements and providers can no longer use these products to meet the requirements of the EHR Incentive Programs.
The EHR products, two versions of SkyCare 4.2, developed by Platinum Health Information System, Inc., had their certifications terminated for failure to respond and participate in routine surveillance requests by InfoGard Laboratories Inc. (InfoGard), an ONC Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB). EHRs must be certified by an ONC-ACB before providers may use them to achieve meaningful use under the EHR Incentive Programs.
To date, forty-eight eligible professionals attested to meeting the Stage 1 requirements of the Medicare EHR Incentive Program using SkyCare EHR products. Although these attestations were made while the products were certified, these providers will need to transition to other certified EHR technology products to continue to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.
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