The largest proportion of hospitals awarded a Medicare electronic health record incentive payment in 2011 were southern, acute-care and/or urban hospitals, according to a "Number and Characteristics of Providers Awarded Medicare Incentive Payments for 2011" report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
In 2011, 761 hospitals and 56,585 professionals were awarded a total of approximately $2.3 billion in Medicare EHR incentive payments, representing 16 percent of the estimated 4,855 eligible hospitals. The hospital Medicare EHR incentive payments alone totaled $1.3 billion in 2011.
The amount of EHR incentive payments awarded to each individual hospital ranged from $22,300 to $4.4 million. The median payment amount was $1.7 million. Approximately 61 percent of hospitals accounted for about 80 percent of the total amount of incentive payments awarded to hospitals.
Among hospitals awarded an incentive payment in 2011, the report found that hospitals with certain characteristics were more likely to have received incentive payments:
• The largest proportion of hospitals that received incentive payments — 44 percent — were located in the South.
• The lowest proportion — 12 percent — was located in the Northeast.
• About 67 percent of the hospitals that received incentive payments were located in urban areas.
• Eighty-six percent of hospitals that received payments were acute-care hospitals. Acute-care hospitals were more than two times more likely than critical access hospitals to have been awarded an incentive payment.
• Almost half of hospitals that received payments — 46 percent — were in the top third of hospitals in terms of number of beds. Hospitals in the top third in terms of numbers of beds were 2.4 times more likely than hospitals in the bottom third to have been awarded an incentive payment.
• Non-profit and for-profit hospitals were 1.1 and 1.5 times more likely than government-owned hospitals to have been awarded an incentive payment, respectively.
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In 2011, 761 hospitals and 56,585 professionals were awarded a total of approximately $2.3 billion in Medicare EHR incentive payments, representing 16 percent of the estimated 4,855 eligible hospitals. The hospital Medicare EHR incentive payments alone totaled $1.3 billion in 2011.
The amount of EHR incentive payments awarded to each individual hospital ranged from $22,300 to $4.4 million. The median payment amount was $1.7 million. Approximately 61 percent of hospitals accounted for about 80 percent of the total amount of incentive payments awarded to hospitals.
Among hospitals awarded an incentive payment in 2011, the report found that hospitals with certain characteristics were more likely to have received incentive payments:
• The largest proportion of hospitals that received incentive payments — 44 percent — were located in the South.
• The lowest proportion — 12 percent — was located in the Northeast.
• About 67 percent of the hospitals that received incentive payments were located in urban areas.
• Eighty-six percent of hospitals that received payments were acute-care hospitals. Acute-care hospitals were more than two times more likely than critical access hospitals to have been awarded an incentive payment.
• Almost half of hospitals that received payments — 46 percent — were in the top third of hospitals in terms of number of beds. Hospitals in the top third in terms of numbers of beds were 2.4 times more likely than hospitals in the bottom third to have been awarded an incentive payment.
• Non-profit and for-profit hospitals were 1.1 and 1.5 times more likely than government-owned hospitals to have been awarded an incentive payment, respectively.
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