Government Rebates

Management and Administration
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dblvalve wrote on Thursday, September 10, 2009:

Can anyone point me to some information on the $44,000 rebates I’ve read about?

dblValve

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cfapress wrote on Friday, September 11, 2009:

I’ve attended a webinar with McKessen and it was informative. Here’s a link to a web page of their’s with related info:

http://www.mckesson.com/en_us/McKesson.com/About+Us/Event+Calendar/Qualifying%2Bfor%2BIT%2BFunding%2Band%2BTaking%2BAdvantage%2Bof%2BARRA%2BIncentives%2BWebinar.html

Jason

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dblvalve wrote on Monday, September 14, 2009:

Jason:

Thanks, but this does not appear to have a way to watch an archived webinar. Do you does anyone else have a pointer to something online?

Thx-
dblValve

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openemrhq wrote on Thursday, September 17, 2009:

DblValve,

I don’t believe the process has been fully fleshed out yet but, so far, it seems there will be an application process through DHHS that you’ll have to submit AND be using a "certified" EMR system and demonstrate "meaningful use" to qualify for the incentives. What type of certification and who will do the certification hasn’t been announced yet but it’s widely accepted that it’s going to be the CCHIT. As for meaningful use, there’s a lot of work going on in that space now. I’d recommend setting a Google Alert for the phrase and read, read, read.

The payments will come from Medicare or Medicaid in the form of incentive payments starting around 2011, and, as I understand it will *decrease* the longer you wait to install an EMR.

Just my $0.02.

Dave Kennerson
OpenEMR HQ, Inc.

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xiaoanri wrote on Thursday, September 17, 2009:

I am also curious about it and wonder who certifies the EMR software and what is the current status of OpenEMR in this regard?  Also, I  was told Medicare started paying 2% extra for e-prescribing this year.  Anybody has been taking advantage of this with E-prescribing feature of  OpenEMR? 

Thank you,
hui