New Jersey doled out $40 million to 30 hospitals and 40 physician practices, according to a New Jersey Real-Time News report. The grants were based on facility size and Medicaid patient volume. Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center received the largest payment at $2.96 million.
Massachusetts handed out $14.6 million in Medicaid EHR funds to 15 hospitals and 12 physician practices, according to a Telegram & Gazette report. Massachusetts plans to distribute about $500 million to most of the state’s 72 acute-care hospitals and 6,000 eligible healthcare professionals over the next decade.
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