EHR Mandate Deadline

By Marc Abla · September 11, 20131 min read

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When is EHR mandated?

There are incentive payments from the Federal government for using certified EHR in a meaningful way in your office. However, providers who are not utilizing certified EHR in a meaningful way by 2015 will begin to have a reduction in their payments from Medicare.

In fact, if physicians do NOT adopt EHR by:

2015 – reimbursements will be reduced by 1%
2016 – reimbursements will be reduced by 2%
2017 – reimbursements will be reduced by 3%
2018 – reimbursements will be reduced by 4% (less than75% compliance)
2019+ – reimbursements will be reduced by 5% (less than75% compliance)

Thus, the mandate is directly associated with your Medicare reimbursements.

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About the Author

Marc Abla

Marc Abla began working at the Illinois Chiropractic Society in 2002 and became the Executive Director in 2008. He brings his extensive financial, administrative and association experience to the ICS. He is a Certified Association Executive and a graduate of the Certified Leadership Series through the Illinois Society of Association Executives. Additionally, he is a member of the Illinois Society of Association Executives, the American Society of Association Executives, Association Forum, Congress of Chiropractic State Associations, and the American Chiropractic Association.