The American Medical Association (AMA) has echoed an announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services encouraging practices to participate in an EMR demonstration project that aims to prove the value of electronic records.
Physicians would receive payments during the five-year project for using certified EMRs to improve quality based on specific clinical measures. Bonus payments also would be made based on a standardized survey measuring the number of EMR functionalities a physician group incorporated into its practice. Total payments under the project could be up to $58,000 per physician or $290,000 per practice.
The deadline for applications is May 13, 2008. For more information, see the HHS press release.
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