decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2010 Issue 8 (August)
Practices confident they'll earn EHR bonus; meaningful use a roadblock
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Article Overview
This article summarizes a Part B News reader survey about physician practices and their outlook for earning Medicare electronic health record incentive payments. It discusses EHR adoption rates, implementation costs, vendor readiness, and the broad challenge of meeting meaningful use requirements. The piece is relevant to physicians, practice administrators, and billing/coding professionals following EHR program policy and practice operations.
Why This Topic Matters
It highlights how EHR incentive policy affects physician practices and why implementation and compliance readiness can influence participation. Readers can use it to gauge common operational barriers and the kinds of program requirements practices are tracking.
What You Will Learn
- How physician practices are viewing EHR incentive opportunities
- What operational and financial concerns practices associate with EHR adoption
- How meaningful use requirements are discussed as a barrier to incentive participation
- Why vendor assurances and implementation planning matter to practices
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Practice administrators
- Medical office managers
- Billing and coding professionals
- Healthcare compliance staff
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