The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has instituted substantial incentives
to providers to help foster the adoption and “meaningful use” of certified electronic
health records (EHRs).
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The Meaningful Use Incentive Program, established under the Health Information Technology
Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, includes three successive stages,
each with certain objectives that must be met to receive incentive payments. In the
program's first year (2011), more than 100,000 providers have registered,
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and more than $2.5 billion in incentives has already been paid by CMS to eligible
providers.
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- Medicare and Medicaid programs; electronic health record incentive program; correcting amendment.
- Over 100,000 primary care providers sign up to adopt electronic health records through their regional extension centers.
- EHR incentive program.
- Meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs).
- Proposed meaningful use timeline changes encourage adoption of EHRs.
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