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Making an EHR Work for You

By Editor | Published: January 18, 2011
Six years ago, President George W. Bush stated that “by computerizing health records, we can avoid dangerous medical mistakes, reduce costs and improve care.” Since then, computerization has slowly improved the health care system, especially in light of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provided $19 billion in incentives to health care providers [...]
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Can You Afford an EHR?

By Editor | Published: January 11, 2011
Despite $20 billion in EMR implementation incentives offered by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, there’s still a problem when it comes to calculating return on investment in health care IT, according to a recent Computerworld article. First, many health care providers have a hard time generating the upfront capital required to invest in [...]
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Be Prepared For Significant IT Investments As a Result of EHR Implementation

By Editor | Published: September 13, 2010
Government incentives will only offset electronic health record (EHR) costs by about 15% to 20%, according to McKinsey & Company—which means health care providers should be prepared to make a significant investment as part of a “radical new approach to IT.” According to their study published in management consulting firm McKinsey & Company’s business journal [...]
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CMS releases stimulus funding to state Medicaid programs

By Editor | Published: September 22, 2009
Medicaid incentives payments for EHR use are one step closer to reality. On September 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to state Medicaid directors announcing that: The CMS will reimburse states for payments they make to health care providers under the federal health IT stimulus program. State Medicaid agencies [...]
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Medicare incentive payments for EHR use clarified

By Editor | Published: September 22, 2009
As most physicians know by now, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides incentive payments for physicians who treat Medicare patients. Physicians are not required to treat a minimum number of Medicare patients in order to be eligible for the incentive payments. However, there is a cap on the total EHR incentive [...]
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