Electronic Health Records: Number & Characteristics of Providers Awarded Medicare Incentive Payments for 2011-2012. GAO-14-21

October 24, 2013
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented information on hospitals and individual eligible professionals that were awarded Medicare electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use incentive payments for 2011 and 2012. Using data from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other government and private sources, GAO determined the number and percentage of eligible providers awarded Medicare incentive payments; determined the amount of Medicare EHR incentive payments awarded to providers; and examined the characteristics of providers that were awarded Medicare EHR incentive payments. amined the characteristics of providers that were awarded Medicare EHR incentive payments.
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