CMS issues first Medicaid incentive payments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the first two Medicaid incentive payments less than three days after registration for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs opened Jan. 3.
On Jan. 5, the first payments under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program were issued by Oklahoma and Kentucky.
Kentucky processed a payment to the University of Kentucky‘s teaching hospital, University of Kentucky Healthcare. The first payment, $2.86 million, was one-third of the Lexington-based hospital’s overall expected amount for participating in the program.
Oklahoma issued payments to two physicians at the Gastorf Family Clinic, in Durant ($21,250 each), for having adopted certified EHRs.
These incentive payments for the adoption of certified EHR technology are federally funded under the HITECH Act provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
About 4,000 providers have initiated the EHR registration process since registration opened, according to CMS.
More information on the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs can be found at CMS‘ EHR website.
On Jan. 5, the first payments under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program were issued by Oklahoma and Kentucky.
Kentucky processed a payment to the University of Kentucky‘s teaching hospital, University of Kentucky Healthcare. The first payment, $2.86 million, was one-third of the Lexington-based hospital’s overall expected amount for participating in the program.
Oklahoma issued payments to two physicians at the Gastorf Family Clinic, in Durant ($21,250 each), for having adopted certified EHRs.
These incentive payments for the adoption of certified EHR technology are federally funded under the HITECH Act provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
About 4,000 providers have initiated the EHR registration process since registration opened, according to CMS.
More information on the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs can be found at CMS‘ EHR website.