Florida health care providers have received $977 million in incentive payments for electronic health records meaningful use, the third highest amount paid to any state.
Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows that since the health records incentive program started in 2011, a total of $14.4 billion has been paid to about 350,000 eligible hospitals and other providers.
In the first three months of this year, $290 million was paid out in the incentive program.
So far, California has received the most – $1.2 billion – since the program’s inception.
At $1.1 billion, Texas ranked second among the states in incentive payments.
