No evidence found that hospitals are using new electronic health records to increase medicare reimbursements

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1271-1277

  Adler Milstein, Julia ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905985060     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0023     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Blumenthal D, Tavenner M. The "meaningful use" regulation for electronic health records. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(6):501-4.
2. Government Accountability Office. Electronic health records: number and characteristics of providers awarded Medicare incentive payments for 2011 [Internet]. Washington (DC): GAO; 2012 Jul 26 [cited 2014 Apr 25]. Available from: http:// www.gao.gov/assets/600/593078.pdf
3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. January 2013 EHR incentive program: Medicare incentive payments [Internet]. Baltimore (MD): CMS; [cited 2014 Apr 25]. Available from: http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/ Legislation/EHRIncentive Programs/Downloads/Jan_ Medicare_EHRIncentive Payments.pdf
4. Buntin MB, Burke MF, Hoaglin MC, Blumenthal D. The benefits of health information technology: a review of the recent literature shows predominantly positive results. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30(3):464-71.
5. Blumenthal D. Launching HITECH. N Engl J Med. 2010;362(5):382-5.
6. Blumenthal D, Glaser JP. Information technology comes to medicine. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(24):2527- 34.
7. Abelson R, Creswell J, Palmer G. Medicare bills rise as records turn electronic. New York Times. 2012 Sep 21.
8. Adler-Milstein J, Green CE, Bates DW. A survey analysis suggests that electronic health records will yield revenue gains for some practices and losses for many. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013;32(3):562-70.
9. iHealthBeat. GOP senators request meeting with ONC, CMS about Stage 2. iHealthBeat [serial on the Internet]. 2012 Oct 19 [cited 2014 Apr 25]. Available from: http:// www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2012/ 10/19/gop-senators-requestmeeting-with-onc-cms-aboutstage-2.aspx
10. Simborg DW. Shining a little light and a little heat on the issue of EHRs and fraud. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013;20(e1):e191-2.
11. Pitts SR. Higher-complexity ED billing codes-sicker patients, more intensive practice, or improper payments? N Engl J Med. 2012;367(26): 2465-7.
12. Sebelius K, Holder EH Jr. Letter to hospital chief executive officers [Internet]. Washington (DC): Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice; 2012 Sep 24 [cited 2014 May 1]. Available from: http://www.nytimes.com/ interactive/2012/09/25/business/ 25medicare-doc.html
13. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. CMS and its contractors have adopted few program integrity practices to address vulnerabilities in EHRs [Internet]. Washington (DC): HHS; 2014 Jan. Available from: http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/ reports/oei-01-11-00571.pdf
14. Himmelstein DU, Wright A, Woolhandler S. Hospital computing and the costs and quality of care: a national study. Am J Med. 2010; 123(1):40-6.
15. Jha AK, DesRoches CM, Campbell EG, Donelan K, Rao SR, Ferris TG, et al. Use of electronic health records in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2009;360(16):1628-38.
16. Jha AK, DesRoches CM, Kralovec PD, Joshi MS. A progress report on electronic health records in U.S. hospitals. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29(10):1951-7.
17. Jha AK, Burke MF, DesRoches C, Joshi MS, Kralovec PD, Campbell EG, et al. Progress toward meaningful use: hospitals' adoption of electronic health records. Am J Manag Care. 2011;17(12 Spec No.): SP117-24.
18. Acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, chest pain, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, esophageal or gastric disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, metabolic disorder, pneumonia, renal failure, respiratory disease, sepsis, stroke, and urinary tract infection
19. To access the Appendix, click on the Appendix link in the box to the right of the article online