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Registrations for the EHR Incentive Program Continue to Accelerate

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.

Source: EMR Daily News

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