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See Latest ArticlesHouse EHR bill mixes Medicare physician bonuses with cuts
American Medical News , 10/01/08
Glendinning D - Physicians would receive additional Medicare funds to implement electronic health records systems. For doctors who did not take the government up on that offer, Medicare penalties would start kicking in just as the bonuses are tapering off. The Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008 would provide yearly bonuses starting in 2013 to every physician who has put into operation a federally approved EHR. The total additional payments would max out at just more than $40,000 over five years.
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