I have written so many times about the eRx penalty that many of you must be tired of hearing about it. If that’s the case, stop reading now and come back next week! Of course I am kidding as I have come across some new information this week that I want to share with you. [...]
EHR Incentive Payments Tally $4.5B to Date The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid $4.5 billion to 76,612 physicians and hospitals in incentive payments through March 2012. Study Finds Discrepancy Between Plans, Ability To Meet Meaningful Use According to a study, although many physicians said they intended to apply for meaningful use [...]
Last week I mentioned the PQRS kick-off calls. At the beginning of those calls, Dr. Dan Green with CMS mentioned several anecdotes regarding the penalty phase of the eRx program. A common thread was that physicians were substantially more concerned about the penalty phase of the program in comparison to the (positive) incentives available during [...]