At Vitera Healthcare Solutions, we are committed to providing the resources, guidance and support needed to help you understand how the HITECH Act and other provisions of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act may affect your practice. Make sure you check back often as we continue to provide new content on the EHR stimulus package.
Government Incentive Programs
The Medicare/Medicaid EHR Incentive Program
The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs provide a financial incentive for the “meaningful use” of certified EHR technology to achieve health and efficiency goals. By putting into action and meaningfully using an EHR system, providers will reap benefits beyond financial incentives–such as reduction in errors, availability of records and data, reminders and alerts, clinical decision support, and e-prescribing/refill automation. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website has resources with more information:
The Physician Quality Reporting System Incentive Program
The Physician Quality Reporting System (Physician Quality Reporting) is a reporting program that uses a combination of incentive payments and payment adjustments to promote reporting of quality information by eligible professionals. The program provides an incentive payment to practices with eligible professionals (identified on claims by their individual National Provider Identifier [NPI] and Tax Identification Number [TIN]) who satisfactorily report data on quality measures for covered Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) services furnished to Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries (including Railroad Retirement Board and Medicare Secondary Payer). Beginning in 2015, the program also applies a payment adjustment to eligible professionals who do not satisfactorily report data on quality measures for covered professional services. The CMS website serves as the primary and authoritative source for all publicly available information and CMS-supported educational and implementation support materials for the Physician Quality Reporting System.
E-Prescribing Incentive Program
The Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program is a reporting program that uses a combination of incentive payments and payment adjustments to encourage electronic prescribing by eligible professionals. The program provides an incentive payment to practices with eligible professionals (identified on claims by their individual National Provider Identifier [NPI] and Tax Identification Number [TIN]) who successfully e-prescribe for covered Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) services furnished to Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries (including Railroad Retirement Board and Medicare Secondary Payer). Beginning in 2012, the program also applies a payment adjustment to those eligible professionals who are not successful electronic prescribers on their Medicare Part B services. The CMS website serves as the primary and authoritative source for all publicly available information and CMS-supported educational and implementation support materials for the eRx Incentive Program.
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FAQs
These are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the HITECH Act and "Meaningful Use" incentives for EHRs. These questions and answers came from healthcare professionals just like you. We hope you find them helpful and informative. View FAQs
