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New Law Expands Number of Physicians Eligible for Incentive Payments

More physicians are eligible for Medicare or Medicaid incentive payments if they demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). The HITECH Act originally excluded hospital-based physicians on the assumption that they benefited from the hospital’s EHR, not necessarily their own. But provider associations told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that physicians [...]
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