As of January 1, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that 124,089 Eligible Professionals (EPs) have registered for "meaningful use". In order for doctors to meet "meaningful use" they must provide their patients online access to their health records. Doctors that adopt certified EHR (electronic health record) technology are rewarded financially by Medicare and Medicaid. These dollars help offset the investment in hardware and software paid by the doctors.
Through 2011, Medicare made $1.384 billion in meaningful use payments and Medicaid paid 1.149 billion, totaling nearly $2.534 billion.
In order to encourage your doctor to implement electronic health records and get rid of using “paper charts”, the Federal Government began offering financial incentives in 2011 to doctors that met “meaningful use” and offer their patients online access to their health records. The federal law enables patients to access their health records 24/7 and gives each patient the control they need to manager their health records.
If your doctor is not currently providing online access to your health records then have them contact viewmyhealthrecords.com so that you can begin accessing your health records today.