16 Statistics on Providers Receiving MU Payments in October

In October, 6,792 eligible hospitals and providers received meaningful use incentive payments.

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  • 73 hospitals received a payment in October. Of these, one received only a Medicare payment, one received only a Medicaid payment and the other 71 received both.
  • 4,365 Medicare-eligible professionals received a payment. Most were physicians holding an MD or a DO (3,539), followed by chiropractors (419), optometrists (268), podiatrists (133) and dentists (6).
  • 2,354 Medicaid-eligible professionals received a payment. Most were physicians (1,382), followed by nurse practitioners (522), dentists (390), certified nurse-midwives (32) and physicians assistants (28).

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