Stimulus Help
Q&A About EMR Stimulus Funding
Q: What is EMR Stimulus Funding?:
A: EMR assistance from the federal government is available to physicians who demonstrate meaningful use of an EMR system. Physicians demonstrating meaningful use can qualify for $44,000 – 65,000 in economic stimulus incentives in the form of reimbursement percentage adjustments.
Q: Does my entire office share the $44,000 or can each physician qualify?:
A: Incentives are dispersed on per provider, which includes
Q: Who qualifies as a provider?
A: There is Federal Stimulus money available for Eligible professionals who adopt a qualified Electronic Health Records (EHR) system. You could be eligible to receive as much as $44,000.00. This money is available over five years for practices who begin using a qualified Electronic Health Records System by 2011.
Eligible Professionals included the following:
- Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy – M.D. or D.O.
- Doctor of Dental Surgery or Medicine – D.D.S or D.D.M.
- Doctor of Podiatric Medicine – D.P.M.
- Doctor of Optometry – O.D.
- Chiropractor – D.C
- A physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist
- A certified registered nurse anesthetist
- A certified nurse-midwife
- A clinical social worker
- A clinical psychologist
- A registered dietitian or nutrition professional
Q: What types of providers can qualify?
A: Below is a list of provider types that can qualify:
- Physicians
- Practitioners
- Hospitals
- Skilled nursing facilities
- Nursing facilities
- Home health entities
- Long term care facilities
- Health care clinics
- Community mental health centers
- Blood centers
- Ambulatory surgical centers
- Emergency medical service providers
- Group practices
- Pharmacists
- Laboratories
- Rural health clinics
- Therapists
The Mitochon Story
The Mitochon solution has been designed with input and advice from our physician partners from the beginning. At our core, we are a physician-centered company and believe that the physician-patient relationship is central to superior healthcare delivery. Key to our mission is our goal to build a Virtual Medical Community™ (VMC) platform that enhances the physician's ability to serve his or her patient with a level of care that he would wish to receive for his own family. Central to delivering this quality of care is enabling seamless, secure exchange of patient clinical data from physician-to-physician and between physician and patient.
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