Subsidizing Your EMR through State Driven Incentives

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 27, 2009 -- While new incentives are being created, those who act now have the best opportunity for funding.

Alabama
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Alaska
American College of Physicians (ACP), EHR Partners Program Launched in June 2008, is designed to help physicians purchase and install EHR systems.

Arizona
Appropriations action in 2008 for state spending includes $300,000 for the Arizona state hospital for an electronic health record.

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Arkansas
American College of Physicians (ACP), EHR Partners Program Launched in June 2008, is designed to help physicians purchase and install EHR systems.

California
The Mental Health Services Act provides $400 million in annual new revenues for the state’s public mental health system, with a significant percentage going to EHRs.

Colorado
Colorado Health Foundation supports organizational costs related to health IT planning, training, workflow redesign, and direct costs related to personnel, hardware and software.

Connecticut
Health Net of Connecticut and Connecticut State Medial Society-IPA have a voluntary performance incentive program that provides financial recognition to eligible physicians for performance compared with their peers.

Delaware
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (covering Maryland, District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, Delaware) Initiated a reward system for effectiveness in care practices that awards points to physician groups for achieving measures of quality.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

District of Columbia – Washington DC
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Initiated a reward system for effectiveness in care practices that awards points to physician groups for achieving measures of quality.

Florida
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration launched in July 2008 a Point of Care Model Electronic Health Record Grants Program, with $100,000 available the first year.

Sevocity offered up to $150,000 in grants in July 2008 to small and medium-sized physician practices to adopt EHRs.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Georgia
Georgia Board of Community Health—Appropriations action for fiscal 2007 includes $750,000 to the Georgia Association for Primary Health Care to establish a statewide EHR system to link federally qualified community health centers.

Hawaii
Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA)
The BlueCross BlueShield plan for Hawaii, established the Initiative for Innovation and Quality. Provides $20 million for purchases of EHRs for physician practices.

Idaho

Appropriations action in 2008 for the Department of Health and Welfare, Psychiatric Hospitalization, includes $445,000 for an electronic health record.

Illinois
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Indiana
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Iowa
Midwest Medical Insurance Company, will award discounts of 2% to 5% for CCHIT Certified EHR.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Kansas
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Kentucky
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Louisiana
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Maine
Maine Health Access Foundation has established for 2009 a low-interest loan fund to be used to help Maine’s primary-care practices adopt electronic health records.

Maryland

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Initiated a reward system for effectiveness in care practices that awards points. Use of a CCHIT Certified EHR is required.

Massachusetts
Physicians Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, will award a 5% credit for using EHR.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Michigan
MHA Insurance, Lansing, MI Will award a 5% discount the first year, 2.5% afterwards for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Minnesota

Electronic Health Record Revolving Account and Loan Program. Includes $6.3 million in no-interest loans to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and other healthcare providers.

Mississippi
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Missouri
Appropriations for the Department of Social Services: includes a total of $1.4 million to fund a regionally integrated EHR system linking rural physicians and hospitals.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Montana
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Nebraska

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Midwest Medical Insurance Company, Minneapolis, MN Will award discounts of 2% to 5% for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR

Nevada
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

New Hampshire
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

New Jersey
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

New Mexico

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

New York
Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law for New Yorkers (HEAL NY) issued grants totaling $105.7 million. Grants range from $1 million to $10 million each.

Primary Care Information Project (PCIP), is a $60 million initiative to provide EHR implementation, support and quality-improvement.

North Carolina
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

North Dakota

Midwest Medical Insurance Company, will award discounts of 2% to 5% for CCHIT Certified EHR.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Ohio
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Oklahoma
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Oregon
Regence Foundation of Regence Group (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Portland, Ore., announced three grants totaling $195,000 for organizations working to improve health quality.

Providence Health Plans has a merit pay system for providers having a functional CCHIT Certified EHR in their office or being in the process of implementing one.

Pennsylvania
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Rhode Island
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island offers Quality Counts. The program has enrolled 80 primary-care physicians, who receive $5,000 toward EHR.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

South Carolina

Sevocity offered up to $150,000 in grants in July 2008 to small and medium-sized physician practices and community health centers in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina to adopt EHRs.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

South Dakota
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Midwest Medical Insurance Company, Minneapolis, MN Will award discounts of 2% to 5% for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR

Tennessee
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Texas

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Utah
Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Vermont
Vermont Health IT enacted in 2008 for fiscal 2009. It is expected to raise approximately $32 million over 7 years as a stable source of public funding for EHR.

Medical Protective, professional liability insurer, Fort Wayne, IN Will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certification.

Virginia

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Initiated a reward system for effectiveness. Use of a CCHIT Certified EHR is one of 11 quality measures and is worth 20 points.

Virginia Legislature appropriations include $750,000 in 2007 and $800,000 in 2008 for grants to providers to acquire EHRs.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Washington
Providence Health Plans has a merit pay system for providers having a functional CCHIT Certified EHR in their office or being in the process of implementing one.

West Virginia

Highmark, a health insurer serving western Pennsylvania as well as West Virginia, is offering grants per physician of up to $7,000 or 75% of the cost of EMR.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Wisconsin
Healthcare providers who purchase IT software or hardware used to create and maintain EHRs can claim up to 50% of the cost of the system.

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Midwest Medical Insurance Company, will award discounts of 2% to 5% for CCHIT Certified EHR.

Wyoming

Medical Protective will award a 2.5% discount for practices with a CCHIT Certified EHR.

Every state offers grants and special programs available to solo practitioners and medical clinics. How does your state stack up?

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