Looking for Incentives? Valant can help!

The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs represent an exciting opportunity for psychiatrists to adopt healthcare technology. However, there is a lot of information to wade through and important dates to keep in mind.

Don't worry, we have you covered! To help you, we have created an incentive timeline with easily identifiable steps for receiving your incentive payments.

PreparePrepare

- Purchase Valant's certified Premium Psychatric Suite

- Register with CMS for chosen EHR incentive program

- Get comfortable using the Valant Suite with the help of our
  free and unlimited customer support

September 1st: Recommended last date to purchase an
EMR, to allow for time to learn the system
before tracking measures

DemonstrateDemonstrate

- Our Meaningful Use Coaches will help you decide what
  measures to track and how

- Utilize Valant's customer wiki, which has extensive
  documentation on how to track each objective

- Track chosen measures for a 90-day period, with the
  help of Valant support

October 1st: Date by which you must begin tracking
meaningful use measures to attest for 2012

AttestAttest

- Attest with CMS for chosen EHR incentive program

- Receive first incentive payment

February 29, 2011: Last day to attest to receive
an incentive payment for 2011

FutureFuture

- Each year: Valant will continue to help you track measures

- Each year: You will need to attest meaningful use with CMS

- Each year: Receive an incentive payment

2016: Last year to receive a Medicare incentive payment

Just follow the steps outline above, and you can receive up to $44,000 in incentive payments by 2016!