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EHR Financial Incentives Update

Date: February 29, 2012
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm EST

Session Description:
The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) program has awarded over $2.53 billion in incentive payments for physicians and hospitals as of December 2011, and there is more on the way for the healthcare industry. As long as providers achieve the meaningful use of EHRs, measured through three different stages of clinical and technological standards, up to $20 billion will be available to them over the coming years. It is important for supply chain leaders to understand how the incentives will be allocated and what new procedures will be instrumental to maximizing government incentives.

In this webinar, you will learn about:

• The current state of the EHR incentive program
  • How many physician offices, hospitals, and states are embracing the program
• Financial incentives for providers
  • How physicians and other eligible professionals in primary care accessed over $570 million in Medicare and Medicaid incentives in 2011
  • How hospitals accessed $1.96 billion in Medicare and Medicaid incentives in 2011
• What meaningful use standards providers must meet in 2012 to participate in Stage One of the EHR program, and emerging standards for Stage Two in 2014

About the Presenter

		Michael Paquin Healthcare Strategist MDP Group Inc. Michael Paquin is a healthcare strategist and an expert on electronic health records. He understands the supplier’s perspective. He has worked in distribution and also served as President of Midmark Diagnostic Group. He has worked with many physician practices to implement various EMR systems.  Paquin was the first to integrate a medical device into an EMR and the first to develop a PC-based ECG device. He is a fellow with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

HIDA member fee: FREE
Non-member fee: $199 (After registration non-members will receive a call from HIDA to complete the registration process)

AMS Point:1 (contact Cindy Chen following the webinar)

Who should attend:  Distributor and manufacturer executives and reps, all markets