Medicare Meaningful Use Incentive Payouts

Medicare Meaningful Use Incentive Payouts

Question

Question

What happens if we run out of Meaningful Use Incentive funds?

Answer

Answer

We won’t! Here’s why…

Entitlement

Entitlement

The right to guaranteed benefits under a government program

Appropriation

Appropriation

An act of a legislature authorizing a sum of money to be paid from the

treasury for a specified use

Meaningful Use

Meaningful Use

MU Incentives are not funded by Senate Appropriations.

Meaningful Use

MU Incentives are an Entitlement.

Meaningful Use

Therefore, the money will not run out.

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Payouts are on a five-year timeline.

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Must perform 90 days in your first year.

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Must perform 90 days in your first year.

Deadline has passed for this year (Oct. 1).

Medicare Incentive Payouts Timeline


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Statutory Caps

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Statutory Caps = 75 percent of a provider’s allowable charges

for the calendar year

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Example

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Ex: To earn the $18,000 cap, you must have at least $24,000 in claims within that

calendar year and successfully meet the 90 days of Meaningful Use.

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Ex: To earn the $18,000 cap, you must have at least $24,000 in claims within that

calendar year and successfully meet the 90 days of Meaningful Use.

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$24,000 x 75% = $18,000





Cap lowers each year



Cap lowers each year



Penalties begin: 2015







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