The Economic Sticks By MedeAnalytics The HITECH Act specifies both economic carrots and sticks in future years to motivate hospitals to meaningfully use electronic health records (EHRs). The Sticks Economic sticks are negative adjustments to Medicare’s market basket update to the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), with adjustments pertaining to meaningful use of EHRs and [...]
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