Seventeen total states have launched their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and 11 of them have paid a total of $114.4 million to qualifying physicians and hospitals, according to a Government Health IT report.
Roughly 8,000 healthcare providers and 19 hospitals in 11 states have registered for the program, the report said. Acute-care hospitals that are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs have also registered.
The remaining states yet to launch their incentive programs should have them running by September, with CMS funding states 90 cents for every dollar used toward administrative and oversight costs. The Medicaid EHR Incentive Program differs from the Medicare program as there are no penalties for providers that have not implemented EHR systems and it lasts 10 years.
Read the Government Health IT report on the Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.
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Roughly 8,000 healthcare providers and 19 hospitals in 11 states have registered for the program, the report said. Acute-care hospitals that are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs have also registered.
The remaining states yet to launch their incentive programs should have them running by September, with CMS funding states 90 cents for every dollar used toward administrative and oversight costs. The Medicaid EHR Incentive Program differs from the Medicare program as there are no penalties for providers that have not implemented EHR systems and it lasts 10 years.
Read the Government Health IT report on the Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.
Related Articles on Medicaid and EHRs:
Governors Want Flexibility in State Medicaid Programs
Alabama, Missouri Launch Medicaid EHR Program
CMS Paid Out More Than $37M in EHR Incentives