Nebraska Becomes 44th State To Launch Medicaid EHR Meaningful Use Incentive Program

On May 7, 2012, Nebraska became the 44th state to launch a Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive program enabling eligible professionals using health information technology and who meet the federal meaningful use incentive benchmarks to receive cash bonuses that can be used to defray the costs of implementing health information technology. The state will start accepting meaningful use attestations in January 2013. The first incentive payment disbursement date is unknown. On May 4, 2012, CMS released a list of State EHR Incentive Program Launch Times and HIT Websites. The document notes that even states with an unknown program launch . . .