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Meaningful use. Financial Incentives for Eligible Professionals and Hospitals. Sunset for Medicare program 2016 Sunset for Medicaid program 2021. EHR Incentive payments by program. Totals for Medicare professionals: $44,000 Totals for Medicaid professionals: $63,750
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Meaningful use Financial Incentives for Eligible Professionals and Hospitals
Sunset for Medicare program 2016 • Sunset for Medicaid program 2021 EHR Incentive payments by program Totals for Medicare professionals: $44,000 Totals for Medicaid professionals: $63,750 Medicare & Medicaid hospital beginning payments: $2 million
Main Components of Meaningful Use Meaningful Use Criteria Staging
Some of the requirements also have exclusions that can be applied to certain eligible professionals and hospitals depending on their patient base. For instance some specialists would not report on immunization status. • This is considered a legal contract stating that the individual or hospital has fulfilled all requirements to meet meaningful use. This process differs for Medicaid and Medicare incentive programs.