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Is there a separate bonus payment for hospitals that utilize an EHR?

April 26, 2017Bonus EHR hospitals payment separate utilize

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Is there a separate bonus payment for hospitals that utilize an EHR?

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Yes. The Stimulus Bill includes a separate Medicare incentive payment for hospitals efficiently utilizing an EHR. The calculation is much more complicated. It includes a $2 million base payment plus an amount from a formula including various factors such as the discharge volume, inpatient-bed-days for different Medicare patients and total patients, and total hospital charges.