The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare has published Medical Assistance Bulletins that explain to providers how to pursue their Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments for FY 2013.
The bulletin for eligible hospitals can be found here and the bulletin for eligible physicians and other providers can be found here
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Roughly one in four Pennsylvania Medical Assistance recipients visited providers last year that used electronic health record (EHR) technology to help manage their health care information.
According to the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), the state has now distributed $130 million in federal EHR incentive payments to 90 hospitals and more than 3000 health care professionals.
Read more about the growing use of EHR technology and the availability of federal funds to support the use of that technology in this Central Penn Business Journal article
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