Florida, Georgia, Illinois & Oregon Launch Medicaid EHR Incentives

Share Florida, Georgia, Illinois, and Oregon are the most recent states to launch their Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use incentive programs. A total of 27 states now offer the incentive programs and 17 have started making payments to Medicaid provider organizations. Between January and August 2011, about $389 million in Medicaid meaningful use payments has been distributed to 118 hospitals, and 1,297 physicians, nurse practitioners, and other eligible professionals. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) anticipates that most state Medicaid EHR meaningful use incentive programs will be operational by the end of 2011, and . . .