The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has spent more than $653 million on Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive payments to date, according to a CMS August EHR monthly ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) created major incentive programs for clinicians and hospitals that adopt electronic health records and achieve certain Meaningful Use (MU) ...

Now more than ever, providers are exploring whether the Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement program is best to receive their EHR incentive payments. For many, both are an option, and according to ...

During the month of March, 128 hospitals registered for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive program bringing the program total to 3,483 eligible and critical access hospitals.

The EHR Incentive Program, often dubbed “Meaningful Use”, has been surrounded by questions and confusion among anesthesiologists and practice administrators since its inception. Currently, the ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma on Tuesday announced changes to overhaul the meaningful use EHR incentive program, including equipping patients with access to ...

The following Q&A comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website. Q: For the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, should patient encounters in an ...

Several times a week I am asked the following question: “What is the absolutely last drop dead date an eligible professional can meet the CMS EHR Incentive Program requirements and not leave any money ...

(1) Discussion of Whether Certain EPs, Eligible Hospitals or CAHs can meet all Stage 2 Meaningful Use Objectives Given Established Scopes of Practice (2) EPs Practicing in Multiple Practices/Locations ...

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. That’s the predicament many providers find themselves in with the two current CMS eRx initiatives. The 2008 MIPPA (Medicare Improvements for Patients and ...

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would specify the Stage 2 criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet in order to qualify for Medicare ...