Question

Internet activity: obtain state and federal regulatory documentation mandates as they relate to electronic health records. (A) Compare and contrast the mandates (B) Identify state and federal level mandates the contradict and are in harmony with one another.

Answer 1

     a. Compare and contrast the mandates.

The Federal Government has begun to require Medical Facilities to use the EHR as of 2014. If the establishment chooses or does not switch to the EHR, and you wish to be part of Medicare/Medicaid, there is a 1% deduction rate increase in 2015 and 2% in 2016 and so forth. There are incentives to switch to the EHR. For example, physicians can receive up to 44 thousand dollars in Medicare incentive payments beginning in 2011. They must be able to demonstrate meaningful use. Meaningful use is: measured in stages. Stage 1. The physicians are to prove that they meet 14 to 15 core requirements. Then they should choose 5 more from 10 other options.

Most states have created a deadline to switch over to the EHR. Some states are willing to pull the license to practice if you don’t switch while others, like Maryland, don’t have an EHR mandate. Minnesota, MA, have no funding for the switch to the Electronic record.

      b. Identify state and federal level mandates the contradict and are in harmony with one another.

The federal government is providing incentives to switch to the EHR. Physicians who are part of Medicare and Medicaid will receive up to 44,000. However, in some states, Ma for example, don’t have an incentive other than physicians may lose their license if they have not implemented an EHR by 2015. Minnesota, is requiring all physicians to prescribe electronically by 2011.