Health care practitioners have just a few months to ensure they earn
the maximum possible payments through the Medicare Electronic Health
Records (EHR) Incentive Program, according to the AOA Health Information
Technology (HIT) Subcommittee. In fact, they must act within the next 90 days, AOA HIT Subcommittee Chair Philip Gross, O.D., noted. Under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, health care practitioners
can earn up to a total of $44,000 ($48,400 in federally designated
health professional shortage areas) over the six-year life of the
program if they install EHR systems that are certified for use under the
program and achieve compliance with the program’s EHR utilization
criteria, known as “meaningful use” standards.
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