2011 Medicaid EHR Meaningful Use Payments Top $2.7 Billion With One-Third Of Eligible Entities & Professionals Participating

In 2011, the Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive program awarded $2.7 billion to hospitals and professionals, about one-third of those eligible to participate, that demonstrated meaningful use of health information technology to provide care to Medicaid patients. Incentive payments went to 1,964 hospitals that received a total of $1.7 billion and 45,962 professionals who received $1 billion. Although states are not required to offer the Medicaid EHR program, during 2011, 42 states launched Medicaid EHR programs and disbursed incentive payments. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that from 2011 through 2019, spending for the Medicaid . . .