Number and Characteristics of Providers Awarded Medicaid Incentive Payments for 2011 GAO-13-146R
On December 13, 2012, the Government Accountability Office released a report on the number and characteristics of providers awarded Medicaid incentive payments for 2011. Incentive payments went to 1,964 hospitals that received a total of $1.7 billion and 45,962 professionals who received $1 billion. The amount of Medicaid EHR incentive payments awarded to each hospital ranged from $7,528 to $7.2 million, the median payment amount was $613,512. Almost all professionals (97 percent) were awarded the maximum incentive payment amount generally available to professionals in 2011 ($21,250).
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