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Welcome to the new DMAP Provider Incentive Program for Electronic Health Records Page. We hope that you will find interesting and useful information here. The Provider Incentive Program was enacted as part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Section 4210 establishes an incentive payment program for Medicare and Medicaid providers to encourage the adoption and use of electronic health records. |
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What is Provider Incentive Program for Electronic Health Records?The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Care Act, more commonly referred to as the HITECH Act, was enacted as part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Section 4210 establishes an incentive payment program for Medicare and Medicaid providers to encourage the adoption and use of electronic health records. The program will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs) as they adopt, implement, upgrade, or demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology. Eligible professionals can receive up to $63,750 over a maximum of 6 years of participation in the program. Eligible Hospital payments are based on a number of factors and can be distributed over at least three years. The Medicaid EHR incentive program is voluntarily offered by individual states and territories and can begin in 2011 once the state has a CMS approved infrastructure in place to manage the program. The program will continue until 2021. 2016 is the last year a Medicaid provider may begin participation in the program.DMAP will participate in this program and plans to begin processing applications and issuing Medicaid incentive payments in November 2011. We are working closely with CMS, partnering with other states to develop technical solutions, and coordinating our efforts with the Delaware Regional Extension Center and the Delaware Health Information Network. The information on this site is our high level summary of the CMS final rule for the Medicaid provider incentive payments. Additional links to federal web sites are provided to help organizations better evaluate this complex program. Here's the link for CMS Provider Incentive Program Final Rule. Assistance is available through the Delaware Regional Extension Center (REC). RECs have been established to help providers successfully establish EHRs and meet the requirements of meaningful use. If you need assistance selecting and using an EHR system, contact the Delaware Regional Extension Center If you would like more information on the DMAP Provider Incentive Program for Electronic Health Records please direct your inquiries to Delaware Provider Incentive Payment Team |