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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 provides 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.

What's new?

DMAP launched the EHR Provider Incentive Payment program in November 2011 and has paid incentive payments to over 460 Eligible Professionals including Eligible Hospitals. In April 2012, DMAP began accepting Stage 1 Meaningful Use attestations from Eligible Hospitals. Implementation of Stage 1 for Eligible Professionals started July 2012. Over 60 Eligible Hospitals and Eligible Professionals have successfully attested to Stage 1 Meaningful Use. For Program Year 2013, DMAP will continue to accept Stage 1 Meaningful Use attestations. Here’s the link for information about the required Core and Menu set objectives. These measures must be reported to meet Meaningful Use for the first or second year of Stage 1 of the EHR Incentive Program.

CMS MU Measures

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 following is an outline of the three stages of Meaningful Use attestation:

Stage 1 (which began in 2011 and remains the starting point for all providers): “meaningful use” consists of transferring data to EHRs and being able to share information, including electronic copies and visit summaries for patients.

Stage 2 (to be implemented in 2014 under the proposed rule): “meaningful use” includes standards such as online access for patients to their health information and electronic health information exchange between providers.

Stage 3 (expected to be implemented in 2016): “meaningful use” includes demonstrating that the quality of health care has been improved.

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