CMS reports drop in physicians, hospitals in ‘meaningful use’

Editor's Note

The number of physicians that participated in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “meaningful use” program dropped from 228,662 in 2014 to 226,514 in 2015, and hospital participation declined from 4,177 to 4,071, Bloomberg BNA reports.

The drop in participation occurred despite repeated efforts by CMS to make it easier for providers to participate.

By Alex Ruoff March 16 - Participation in the Medicare EHR incentive program dropped slightly in 2015 despite the federal government's repeated efforts to make it easier for providers to participate. The number of health-care providers that successfully attested to the CMS to meeting the requirements of the Medicare meaningful use program dropped from 228,662 in 2014 to 226,514 in 2015, a CMS spokesman told Bloomberg BNA March 15.