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Dear Colleague, |
| On July 15th, the House and Senate passed an important bill on Medicare improvements for patients and providers in combination with financial incentives to accelerate the use of e-prescribing by physicians. This bill is an important milestone for advancing the use of information technology within the physician office. |
| Medicare physicians who use e-prescribing technology will be eligible for incentive payments: |
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2% in fiscal year 2009 and 2010 (starts January, 2009) |
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1% in 2011 and 2012 |
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0.5% in 2013 |
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| Physicians participating in Medicare who do not e-prescribe: |
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1% payment cut in 2012 |
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1.5% payment cut in 2013 |
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2% in subsequent years |
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| For Electronic Health Record users: |
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PQRI (quality reporting) offers an additional 1.5% incentive payment (may be rising to 2%) |
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| This Module gives you the ability to electronically transmit prescriptions and meet the new MMA regulations. For more information please e-mail the representative whose contact information is listed below. |
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Sincerely,
MedGateUSA.com
30 Iron Bark Ln
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
877-878-5668
frank@medgateusa.com |
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