Aetna to Provide Financial Incentives to Physicians Achieving Quality Care Goals, Implementing EHR Technology

Aetna’s Chief Medical Officer Lonny Reisman, MD, presented a new plan by the insurer that will provide financial incentives to physicians through its contracting process for using electronic health records implementation to achieve quality of care goals, according to a news release by Aetna.

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The plan is aimed to drive physician use of EHRs and meaningful use to improve healthcare quality and accessibility and reduce costs.

Read Aetna’s news release about Aetna.

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