Meaningful Use benefits driving EHR adoption

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ARRA• The Recovery Act also set up the Office of the National

Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) aimed at driving the healthcare industry towards Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and incentive payments through meaningful use of technology

• The incentive payments were linked to the Medicare and Medicaid programs for Eligible Professionals (EPs) and Eligible Hospitals (EHs)

• The initial measures required to attest for Meaningful Use of EHR technology were adopted by the ONC and CMS in 2009, which mainly focused on data capture and sharing

Eligible Professionals

• Eligible Professionals and hospitals who met the benchmarks of Meaningful Use were to receive incentive payments under the Medicare (up to $44,000) and Medicaid (up to $63,750) programs – largely aimed at driving more physicians towards adoption of EHR technology

• The measures have so far successfully resulted in nearly 80% adoption of technology by US physicians with more expected to join the list in 2014

Meaningful Use

• As per recent data, the government has so far rolled out a whopping $17 billion in Meaningful Use incentive payments

• The payments have been made to more than 430,000 eligible professionals and hospitals who have adopted technology to achieve Meaningful Use

• Of all the eligible hospitals, 93% have registered for the program while 80% of the eligible professionals are also onboard

Meaningful Use

• Attesting for advanced stages of Meaningful Use is not easy

• Firstly, the EHR vendors have to update their technology in order to help providers attest for Meaningful Use Stage 2

• The challenge is to offer providers integrated solutions for the new realities in healthcare — interoperable EHR systems that support not just basic digital documentation, but also population health and payment reform

Healthcare Standard

• All in all, the biggest reason why the government is improving healthcare standards is to provide quality healthcare to the patient

• something that was missing from the fee-for-service payment model of the healthcare industry

• Moving to the pay-for-performance model of healthcare delivery will result in lower costs and improved patient care

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