August EHR Incentive Program Numbers Posted

Just the Facts from Joe Friday

The numbers and facts you are about to see are all true… As of 10/3/2012

CMS has updated and reported August numbers for their Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive programs. Here are some highlights.

• Program to Date (through August)
  • Medicare active EP registrations – 192,016
  • Medicaid active EP registrations – 91,130
  • Hospital active registrations – 3,973
  • Paid Providers – 74,317
  • Paid to Providers – $1,267,068,609
  • Paid Hospitals – 75,650
  • Paid to Hospitals – $3,603,059,994
• 47 States have open registration and operating Medicaid EHR Incentive programs. The States we are still waiting on Medicaid Programs to begin are:
  • Hawaii
  • Nevada
  • Virginia
• 71 Hospitals have received an incentive payment in both Payment Year 1 and Payment Year 2.
• 4,362 EPs have received a HPSA bonus payment for a total of $7,840,436.
• Top three types of Doctors that have received payments are:
  • Family Physicians
  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiologist.
• Top three States that hospitals and EPs have received incentive payments to date are:
  • Texas
  • California
  • Florida.
• Top three registration counts by States are:
  • California (26,038)
  • Texas (19,893)
  • New York (17,525).