CMS Pays $290M in EHR Incentives in First 3 Months of 2013

More than $290 million has been paid to 1,016 eligible providers and hospitals under the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs in 2013 so far, according to the monthly update released by CMS.

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Since the program’s inception in 2011, more than $13.7 billion has been paid to a total of 259,630 eligible providers.

March 2013 saw 5,958 active registrations, and currently, a total of 390,357 eligible providers are actively registered in the program, according to CMS.

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