On May 19, 2011, the Medicare EHR Incentive Program issued the first round of payments totaling $75 million to providers who signed up in the first two weeks of the program.
On April 18 CMS opened a secure website through which eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) can demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology to CMS by "attesting" to their compliance with program requirements for a continuous 90-day reporting period for their first year of participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. In their second year and subsequent years of participation in the program, providers must demonstrate meaningful use based on a full year reporting period. CMS expects that providers will attest throughout 2011 and that the total amount of Medicare EHR incentive payments will continue to grow.
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