What are Medicare incentives?

All non-hospital physicians who see Medicare patients and are meaningful users of an approved EHR by year 2011 are eligible to receive a stimulus payment of up to $44,000 per physician over five years according to the following schedule.

- Medicare incentives are reduced over time and will be phased out after 2014.
- Rural health physicians are eligible for a 25% increase over and above the base incentive. (up to $55,000)
- Incentives are based on the lesser of either 75% of the provider’s Medicare Part B billings or the maximum allowable incentive.