The first electronic health record incentive payment to a hospital went to University of Kentucky Healthcare, which received $2.86 million in federal funds, or one-third of its expected full payment, according to a report by Health Imaging.
These Medicare and Medicaid funds, paid through the states, are going to hospitals and physicians demonstrating "meaningful use" under the HITECH Act.
The first meaningful use EHR payment to physicians was $21,250 each to two physicians at Gastorf Family Clinic of Durant, Okla.
Kentucky and Oklahoma were responding to hospitals' and practices' registration for the EHR incentive program, which, in addition to those two states, also just started in Alaska, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
CMS reported about 4,000 hospitals and practices registered in the EHR incentive program in the first four days.
In February, registration will open in California, Missouri, and North Dakota. Other states are expected to launch their Medicaid EHR incentive programs during the spring and summer of 2011.
Read the Health Imaging report on EHR payments.
Read more coverage of EHR Incentive payments for hospitals and practices.
-Hospitals Can Now Register for EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Payments
-HIMSS Launches Online Resource for Meaningful Use
-CMS Makes Minor Revisions to Meaningful Use Final Rule
These Medicare and Medicaid funds, paid through the states, are going to hospitals and physicians demonstrating "meaningful use" under the HITECH Act.
The first meaningful use EHR payment to physicians was $21,250 each to two physicians at Gastorf Family Clinic of Durant, Okla.
Kentucky and Oklahoma were responding to hospitals' and practices' registration for the EHR incentive program, which, in addition to those two states, also just started in Alaska, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
CMS reported about 4,000 hospitals and practices registered in the EHR incentive program in the first four days.
In February, registration will open in California, Missouri, and North Dakota. Other states are expected to launch their Medicaid EHR incentive programs during the spring and summer of 2011.
Read the Health Imaging report on EHR payments.
Read more coverage of EHR Incentive payments for hospitals and practices.
-Hospitals Can Now Register for EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Payments
-HIMSS Launches Online Resource for Meaningful Use
-CMS Makes Minor Revisions to Meaningful Use Final Rule