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EHR Incentive Programs

Data and Program Reports

Here's where you'll find Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Program payment and registration data in report form.

As of February 2013, more than 234,000 health care providers received payment for participating in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.  In June 2012, CMS announced that more than 100,000 health care providers had been paid under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Read the press release here.

Our latest monthly Payment and Registration Summary Report

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 Overview Payment Reports:

PAYMENT DATA

State Breakdown of Payments to Medicare and Medicaid Providers through February 28, 2013.

  • More than $7.4 billion in Medicare EHR Incentive Program payments have been made between May 2011 and February 28, 2013.
  • More than $5 billion in Medicaid EHR Incentive Program payments have been made between January 2011 (when the first set of states launched their programs) and February 28, 2013.

Now Available: Individual State Reporting.

REGISTRATION DATA

State Breakdown of Registration by Medicaid and Medicare Providers through February 28, 2013.

  • More than 388,000 eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals are actively registered in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs as of February 28, 2013.

Individual State Reporting.

 State Breakdown of Registration by Medicare Providers through February 2013.

  • More than 264,000 eligible professionals have registered for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program as of February 28, 2013.

State Breakdown of Registration by Medicaid Providers through February 2013.

  • More than 120,000 EPs have registered for the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program as of February, 2013.

Update on State Launches of Medicaid EHR Program.

  • In January 2013, the Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program launched in the Northern Mariana Islands.
  • Since January 2011, 49 states have launched their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.
  • The Medicaid State Information web page lists which states have launched Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.

Meaningful Use Data: Public Use Files

This release contains the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) most recent Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Eligible Professionals Public Use File (PUF). This release contains EHR Incentive Program data on Eligible Professionals (EPs) in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. The CMS Medicare EHR Incentive Program Eligible Professionals PUF is an EP-level file in which each record provides the type and specialty of the EP together with his/her responses to the meaningful use core and menu measures. The General Documentation file and Data Dictionary and Codebook outline the methodology of the EP PUF and provide an outline of the fields used in the PUF.

This release also contains the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) most recent Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Eligible Hospitals Public Use File (PUF). This release contains EHR Incentive Program data on eligible hospitals in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. The CMS Medicare EHR Incentive Program Eligible Hospitals PUF is an eligible hospital-level file in which each record provides the hospital type together with each hospital’s responses to the meaningful use core and menu measures. The methodology and defined fields for EPs in the General Documentation and Data Dictionary and Codebook files also apply to the eligible hospital PUF.
There is no data available for participants in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. Inquiries for Medicaid meaningful use data must be directed to the individual State Medicaid Agencies.

Eligible Professionals Public Use File (PUF) General Documentation

Eligible Professionals Public Use File (PUF) Data Dictionary and Codebook

Eligible Professional Public Use File

Eligible Hospital Public Use File

 

Recipients of Medicare EHR Incentive Program Payments

In compliance with the HITECH Act's requirement, CMS has posted the names, business phone numbers, and business addresses of Medicare eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that have successfully demonstrated meaningful use and received a payment as of December 2012. Medicare EPs, eligible hospitals, and CAH's were able to verify and edit their business phone numbers and addresses during the registration process. CMS has not posted information on group practices, as incentive payments are not provided at the group practice level.

CSV Files

EP Recipients of Medicare EHR Incentive Program Payments

EH Recipients of Medicare EHR Incentive Program Payments

Medicare Advantage Organization Providers Payments

Please Note:

Not all providers are eligible for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. Only those professionals, hospitals, and CAHs that are eligible based on the regulation's eligibility requirements, attested to meaningfully using an EHR, and have received a Medicare incentive payment will be displayed online. Finally, the Act does not require CMS to post the names of eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and CAHs that have received Medicaid EHR Incentive Program payments. In addition, please note that these lists will be updated on a quarterly basis.