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saraeharris

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To receive financial incentives, hospitals and physician offices must meet designated criteria established by which organization?
 
  1. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
  2. The Joint Commission
  3. American Nurses Association
  4. TIGER Initiative

Question 2

To comply with the mandate to use EHRs by 2014, physicians and hospitals must have the EHR prepared and ready for implementation. Which of the following methods are available to entities that will assist in the funding of the EHR?
 
  1. Medicare and Medicaid
  2. HIPAA
  3. Consumer Digest Guidelines
  4. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009



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Rationale: To receive financial incentives, hospitals and physician offices must meet designated criteria established by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). For eligible professionals, 20 of 25 meaningful-use objectives must be met to quality for an incentive payment.

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Rationale: Beginning in 2011, Medicare and Medicaid will provide financial incentives of up to 65,000 per eligible physician and up to 11 million per hospital for meaningful use of health information technology. These positive incentives will be paid over several years.





 

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