The CMS is reporting that the number of physicians and hospitals registering for the Medicare or Medicaid EHR incentive program continues to accelerate with over 20,000 new registrations in February. This brings total registrations for the program to 211,667. Total incentive payments issued during February were over $863 million bringing the total paid through February 2012 to over $3.85 billion.
According to a report available on the CMS website there were 9,207 Medicare Eligible Professionals and hospitals that signed up for the Medicare program with another 10,752 registering for the Medicaid program. 108 hospitals were registered for both programs bringing the total registrants in January to 20,067.
The breakdown of the $3.8 billion in incentive funds paid out so far is as follows:
Payments under the Medicare Program $2.0 billion
Payments under the Medicaid Program $1.8 billion
The CMS reports these numbers a few days after the close of each month.
