Medicare, Medicaid EHR Incentive Payments Estimated at $12.3B

At a Health IT Policy Committee meeting on March 14, Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments were estimated at $12.3 billion paid to a total of 219,000 physicians and hospitals through February since the program’s inception, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

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In February, 27,500 Medicare physicians received $425 million, 5,500 Medicaid clinicians received $100 million and 90 hospitals in either program received $200 million.

CMS will post the final numbers for February later this month, according to the report.

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