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Specialty EMR Buyers Guide for Your Practice Specialty
In order for an EMR system to be beneficial to a practice, it must be suited for the particular practice specialty. The best EMR for a practice is one that contains features and templates tailored to the specialty and fits in with the practice’s workflow.
In order for an EMR system to be beneficial to a practice, it must be suited for the particular practice specialty. The best EMR for a practice is one that contains features and templates tailored to the specialty and fits in with the practice’s workflow. This ensures that your practice runs smoothly with the new EMR system and uses the it to the fullest extent.
The following Specialty EMR Buyers Guides explain the specific EMR software requirements for each of the specialties. They cover the necessary features your EMR should include and how these specialty-related features and templates can benefit your practice workflow.
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Government EHR / EMR Incentives Information
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act specifies that physicians can qualify for $44,000 or more in economic stimulus incentive payment for adopting and implementing a certified EHR or EMR.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act specifies that physicians can qualify for $44,000 or more in economic stimulus incentive payment for adopting and implementing a certified EHR or EMR. The government allocated $27 billion dollars to help doctors transition from paper medical records to electronic medical records (EMR) systems or electronic health records (EHR) systems and show meaningful use of these systems. Physicians will be assessed penalties for not adopting an EMR system by 2015.
EMR and EHR incentives are paid per provider.
Each practitioner in your medical practice can qualify for $44,000 in Medicare Incentives or $63,750 in Medicaid Incentives.
Medicaid EMR Incentive Payment Schedule
Medicaid EMR Incentive Payment Schedule
Who can qualify?
- Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy
- Doctor of Dental Surgery or Dental Medicine
- Doctor of Podiatry
- Doctor of Optometry
- Chiropractor
What are the patient volume requirements necessary to qualify?
- Have a minimum of 30% of their patient volume derived from Medicaid
- Have a minimum of 20% of their patient volume derived from Medicaid and be a pediatrician
- Practice predominantly (more than 50% of clinical services) in an FQHC or rural health clinic (RHC) and have a minimum of 30% of their patient volume attributable to needy individuals
Important dates to remember
January 1, 2011 – Reporting year begins for eligible professionals.
January 3, 2011 – Medicare EMR Incentive Program registration begins.
January 3, 2011 – For Medicaid providers, states may launch their programs if they so choose.
April 2011 – Attestation for the Medicare EMR Incentive Program begins.
May 2011 – EHR Incentive Payments expected to begin.
July 3, 2011 – Last day for eligible hospitals to begin their 90-day reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare EMR Incentive Program.
September 30, 2011 – Last day of the federal fiscal year. Reporting year ends for eligible hospitals and CAHs.
October 1, 2011 – Last day for eligible professionals to begin their 90-day reporting period for calendar year 2011 for the Medicare EMR Incentive Program.
November 30, 2011 – Last day for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals to register and attest to receive an Incentive Payment for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2011.
December 31, 2011 – Reporting year ends for eligible professionals.
February 29, 2012 – Last day for eligible professionals to register and attest to receive an Incentive Payment for calendar year (CY) 2011.
January 31, 2013 – Payment Year 2012 closed for eligible hospitals
February 28, 2013 – Deadline for eligible professionals who participated in the 2012 EHR Incentive Program to attest to meaningful use to receive Medicare incentive payments.
2014 – Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements will go into effect. Eligible professionals must have first completed Meaningful Use Stage 1 before attesting to Stage 2
July 1, 2014 – Eligible hospitals must begin the three-month reporting period for Stage 1 or Stage 2, depending on which stage they are attesting to. This reporting period allows providers time to implement an EMR/EHR system.
July 1, 2014 – Deadline for eligible hospitals to attest in order to avoid 2015 Medicare Payment Adjustments
October 1, 2014 – Eligible providers must begin the three-month reporting period for Stage 1 or Stage 2, depending on which stage they are attesting to. This reporting period allows providers time to implement an EMR/EHR system.
October 1, 2014 – Deadline for eligible professionals to attest in order to avoid 2015 Medicare Payment Adjustments
Meaningful Use Objectives Timeline (for eligible professionals and hospitals):
Stage 1: 2011-2018
Stage 2: 2014-2020
Stage 3: 2016-2021
