“Meaningful Use” Meaningful Error: HHS OIG Finds over $11 Million in Incorrect EHR Incentive Payments
Posted 09/27/16
By Ronny Valdes
On September 22, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) released a
report finding that Washington State made incorrect Medicaid incentive payments for the “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHR). The incentive payment structure was created by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act)...