HIT Incentive Payment Calculator          
      for Individual Providers          
             
      H.R.1 (Sec. 4102) Medicare incentives for eligible professionals who are meaningful EHR users        
      Beginning with professional services provided in 2011, physicians who adopt and use electronic health records to improve patient care may be entitled to up to $44,000 over five years, if they have at least $24,000 in Medicare allowed charges per year.        
                   
                 
               
      Please enter the following information: Inputs        
             
      Year that EHR meaningful use is achieved (a)        
             
      Total allowed Medicare charges (in $) per year            
               
             
                   
                 
               
      Estimated Incentive Payments (b) Results          
                 
      FY 2011 Incentive Payment   Incentive payments will be equal to 75% of the allowed charges for all covered professional services furnished up to a maximum annual payment determined by the year in which your practice achieves meaningful use.      
                   
      FY 2012 Incentive Payment            
                   
      FY 2013 Incentive Payment            
                     
      FY 2014 Incentive Payment            
                     
      FY 2015 Incentive Payment (c)            
                   
      Total Possible Payment (d)            
               
                 
                 
      Notes and Disclaimers:          
                   
      a To be eligible, providers must be: 1) Using certified EHR in a meaningful manner, 2) Exchanging health information to improve the quality of care, and 3) Reporting on clinical quality measures.      
      b Calculations are estimates and are provided for informational purposes only      
      c There will be no incentive payments for those who adopt EHR after 2014 and disincentives will begin in 2015.      
      d Eligible professionals predominantly furnishing services in a health professional shortage area (HPSA) - http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/ - will receive an additional 10%.      
               
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