CMS to Cut 2% From Medicare EHR Incentive Payments Due to Sequester

CMS announced that Medicare incentive payments for meaningful use of electronic health records will suffer a 2 percent cut beginning April 1, under a federal budget sequester of $85 billion through Oct. 1, according to a Medscape Today report.

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The 2 percent cut does not, however, affect EHR incentive payments that clinicians can earn under Medicaid because it is not subject to sequestration.

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