Think Meaningful Use Doesn’t Apply To You? Think Again

July 27, 2011 Have you been tuning out over the course of the past year whenever you hear about the EHR meaningful use incentive program? Maybe thinking that as a behavioral health care provider, the program doesn't really apply to you? In some ways, you're right. There are currently only two groups eligible for Meaningful Use certification: 1) hospitals (Medicare Hospitals, MA-affiliated hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals) and 2) eligible professionals (Non hospital-based MD, DO, DDS, DDM, Podiatrists, Optometrists, and Chiropractors). So while behavioral health organizations cannot participate fully in the meaningful use program, those health . . .