Over $29 billion has been dedicated to healthcare information technology in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Congress has passed.


For physicians to take advantage of incentives, they must be able to demonstrate "meaningful use" of health information technology:

• The EHR is being used to e-prescribe
• The EHR is connected to provide electronic exchange of health information to improve quality and promote care coordination
• The EHR is able to report on clinical quality measures as specified by the Secretary

Medicare Incentives Schedule
Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Total
1-4	$18K	$12K	$8K	$4K	$2K		$44K
1-4		$18K	$12K	$8K	$4K	$2K	$44K
1-4			$15K	$12K	$8K	$4K	$39K
2-4				$12K	$8K	$4K	$24K
No Pay							$0
No Pay							$0

Medicaid Incentives Schedule
2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Total
$25K	$10K	$10K	$10K	$10K				$65K
	$25K	$10K	$10K	$10K	$10K			$65K
		$25K	$10K	$10K	$10K	$10K		$65K
			$25K	$10K	$10K	$10K	$10K	$65K
				$25K	$10K	$10K	$10K	$55K
					$25K	$10K	$10K	$45K

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