On February 17, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was moving the start date for mandatory reporting of eligible claims from April 1, 2010 to January 1, 2011. This provides an additional nine months for those Responsible Reporting Entities to ensure their data transmittals to CMS are functioning properly and the data exchanges are operating smoothly. News Bulletin
In a related update, CMS has advised it would be providing an updated Users Guide during the week of February 22. When this becomes available we will provide another update.
