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Doctors to be Paid for EMR Adoption
Staff Reporters
The CMS recently reported that it wants 1,200 small physician practices to participate in a new government pilot project that will give higher Medicare payments to doctors who adopt electronic medical records.
The agency has not determined how it will choose the practices or its incentive payments.
The AMA emphasized the financial challenges health information technology poses for physician practices and noted that, while HIT will save money for the health care system, only 11 percent of the return on investment will go to the physicians who are expected to pay for it.
The AMA urged Congress to consider financial help, such as grants, loans, increased reimbursement for HIT use, as well as tax credits for doctors purchasing EMR technology.
Is this fair? In what other industry does the government pay for IT investments; any thoughts?
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