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Recovery Act Funds to Support Increased Use of EHR
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009 provides for incentive payments for Medicare and Medicaid eligible professionals (EPs) who are meaningful users of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. Eligible professional includes the following five types: doctor of medicine or osteopathy, a doctor of oral surgery or dental medicine, a doctor of podiatric medicine, a doctor of optometry, or a chiropractor. These professionals are eligible for incentive payments for the “meaningful use” of certified EHR technology, if all program requirements are met. Hospital-based EPs are not eligible to participate in the EHR incentive program. An EP is considered to be hospital-based if the EP furnishes 90 percent of his or her services in a hospital inpatient or emergency room setting.
EPs may not receive EHR incentive payments from both the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the same year. In the event an EP qualifies for EHR incentive payments from both the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the EP must elect to receive payments from only one program. After an EP qualifies for an EHR incentive payment under one program but before 2015, an EP may switch between the Medicare and Medicaid programs one time.
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