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To avoid penalties of 1% of on Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service revenue in 2012, physicians must ePrescribe on at least 10 unique Medicare encounters by June 30, 2011. The G8553 ePrescribing procedure code must be submitted on all associated claims.

To qualify for a 1% bonus on Medicare revenue in 2011 under MIPAA (Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act) and avoid a 1.5% penalty in 2013, physicians must ePrescribe on a total of at least 25 unique Medicare encounters by the end of 2011. I would recommend, setting the bar a little higher to be on the safe side and guard against claims filed under the wrong primary.

Please note that eligible physicians aiming to achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use in 2011 and collect electronic health record (EHR) incentive money under ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) cannot collect ePrescribing incentive dollars under MIPPA during the same reporting period. This may lead some to elect 2012 as their first EHR incentive payment year.

One of MBA HealthGroup’s largest Allscripts partnered implementation clients, NorthShore Long Island Jewish(NSLIJ), receives recognition for building a connected community of health in the state of New York.  MBA HealthGroup has been working with NSLIJ, the nation’s second-largest, non-profit, secular health system and thousands of their community affiliated physicians to roll out and support Allscripts Enterprise EHR and PM across Long Island.