Public Health Reform: The Affordable Term Paper

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Incentive Payments

Section 401(c) of the HITECH Act is reported to add an incentive for payments to specific Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations for their affiliated EPs who meaningfully use certified HER technology and meet other certain requirements." (Federal Register, 2010) for MA organizations in which services provided by affiliated EPs who are not meaningful users of certified EHR, technology a downward adjustments of payments is stated beginning in 2015. Also required by the Act is a process to be established that ensures that no duplicate payments are made to MA organizations. In addition, hospitals that do not meaningfully use a certified EHR technology will receive a reduction in their annual payment for inpatient hospital services.

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Critical access hospitals who meaningfully use certified EHR technology will receive reasonable costs for the purchase of a certified EHR technology beginning in fiscal year 2011. It is reported that meaningful use will be addressed on a yearly basis. The Affordable Care Act provides "a ten percent bonus payment on top of the fee schedule payments for select primary care services furnished by a primary care physician in calendar year 2011-2015." (infocus, 2011, p.1) the bonus is provided only if the physician is self-designated in a primary care specialist. (infocus, 2011, p.1).....

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