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| ARRA 2011 – Stimulus package for the EMR adoption through the HITECH Act |
| By Vinay Kumar |
| The HITECH Act – Healthcare IT policy is guiding the Physicians towards the usage of Electronic Medical Records for better patient care & outcomes. According to the recent analytics, approximately $17 Billion will be used towards the incentive payments to Physicians participating in Medicare & Medicaid programs. The criteria for availing the benefits are to adopt & use the EMR’s in a meaningful way. The meaningful usage capabilities of the EMR’s will be tested & certified by “CCHIT” – A Non-Profit organization, through its CCHIT 2011 certification program. |
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| Below are some of the criteria’s to be satisfied for the EMR’s incentive program: |
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To be treating the Medicare patients |
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Have a patient base with more than 30% Medicaid patients |
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Anesthesiologists, Pathologists & Emergency Physicians are not covered. |
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| A meaningful usage criterion’s for EMR’s: |
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e-prescription |
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Information exchange |
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Reporting on Quality measures. |
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| We at CareEMR are dedicated towards providing CCHIT certified EMR’s for Ambulatory clinics. Currently, our CareEMR product being CCHIT 2007 certification compliant, is developed to meet the CCHIT as well as – Meaningful usage criterions. The product is in it’s internal Development & Testing cycle due to the new requirements for the CCHIT 2011certification program & will be in the market early next year - 2010. So, if you have plans to adopt EMR ASAP for achieving the meaningful usage to avail the incentive benefits as described in the below table, just let us know. Our Sales executive will be in touch with you within 24 hrs of the request. |
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| The below matrix provides an overview of the certified EMR’s adopted in respective years & the incentive package amounts through the ARRA program. |
| Year of EMR adoption |
Payout (Spread across 5 years) |
| 2011 |
~44000 to ~ $60,000 |
| 2012 |
~$44000 to ~ $60,000 |
| 2013 |
~ $39,000 |
| 2014 |
~ $24,000 |
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| Look forward for your interest with early adoption of EMR’s for better Patient care & Outcomes. |
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