The Meaningful Use Payments Keep Coming

No conversation about using technology in health care today is complete without a look at meaningfully using electronic health records. The meaningful use numbers are rising – the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reports that over $9 billion in Medicare electronic health recordkeeping (EHR) Incentive Program payments were made between May 2011 and September 2013, and that over $6.2 billion in Medicaid EHR Incentive Program payments have been made between January 2011 and September 2013 (see State Breakdown of Payments to Medicare and Medicaid Providers through September 30, 2013). A new report out last month from the Government . . .