NextGen Healthcare | The best path to Meaningful Use

NextGen Healthcare clients are securing maximum Meaningful Use incentives under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs.

Wellmont CVA Heart Institute of Tennessee had 29 physicians qualify in the first round, totaling $522,000 in Medicare payments.
Ohio-based Springfield Center for Family Medicine has earned the maximum incentive for 4 physicians under Medicare, totaling $72,000 in payments.
With the help of the Kentucky Regional Extension Center, Grace Community Health Center selected NextGen Ambulatory EHR and concurrently secured more than $150,000 in Medicaid incentives.

NextGen Healthcare is fully prepared and excited to help you demonstrate Meaningful Use. With our award-winning, certified EHR, our industry leadership, our educational programs, and success stories under our belt, you can be confident in NextGen Healthcare as your partner. Here’s how to use NextGen to secure stimulus incentives:

Select the Path to Meaningful Use that’s right for you:

For Non-Clients - NextGen Ambulatory Path to Meaningful Use
For NextGen Clients - NextGen Ambulatory Client Path to Meaningful Use
For Inpatient Settings - NextGen Inpatient Path to Meaningful Use

Join our live discussions on Meaningful Use:

Get the information you need:

Our Special Stimulus Offer
Earn Medicaid EHR Incentives Now
For Hospitals
Frequently Asked Questions / Stimulus Details
Meaningful Use Resources

Our Special Stimulus Offer

You have one shot to get the right tools for full Meaningful Use reimbursements. Choose NextGen and discover how the most advanced products and quality resources can help you.

INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS: Certified NextGen® Ambulatory EHR, NextGen® Patient Portal, NextGen® Health Quality Measures, NextGenSM Health Information Exchange, and a built-in ePrescribing module – everything you need to meet the Stage 1 criteria and begin preparing for Stage 2.
EXCLUSIVE GUARANTEE: Our Money Back Guarantee program reduces your investment risk for Meaningful Use.
UNBEATABLE SUPPORT:
- NextGenSM Consulting Services will work with you to determine what your practice needs to secure stimulus payments.
- The NextGen Grants Resource Center can assist you in leveraging HIT funding opportunities.
- The NextGen Physician Resources Team offers a dozen employed physicians to help with your Meaningful Use implementation and strategy.

Earn Medicaid EHR Incentives Now

If you plan to apply for Meaningful Use incentives under Medicaid, you could get up to $21,000 right now as your first payment. Applicable today in these states only: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI and WV with more to follow. All you have to do is show proof (as defined by your state) that you will adopt, implement or upgrade to the NextGen certified EHR. Here’s how:

Visit the EHR Incentive Program Site to register.
Use the required eligible professionals NPI, Tax ID number and NextGen ONC certification number found here.
Let us know! Email stimulus@nextgen.com when you register or with questions.

For Hospitals

NextGen Healthcare offers NextGen Inpatient Clinicals to help rural and community hospitals demonstrate Meaningful Use. NextGen Inpatient Clinicals version 2.4 is a CCHIT Certified® 2011 Inpatient EHR.

Click: PPS Hospital Quick Facts

	Medicare	Medicaid
ELIGIBILITY	Acute care hospitals paid under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS)	IPPS Hospitals with at least 10% patient volume attributable to Medicaid patients
	Hospital defined by provider number ("CMS Certification Number" (CCN))	Hospital defined by provider number ("CMS Certification Number" (CCN))
		Children's hospitals
INCENTIVES	$2 Million Base + graduated per-discharge payments with additional considerations for charity care	$2 Million Base + graduated per-discharge payments with additional considerations for charity care
PAYMENT TIMEFRAME	Funds available Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 - 2016	Funds available FY 2010-2021
	Must adopt by FY 2015 to receive payments	Funds available FY 2010-2021
	Lower aggregate payment if adoption is in FY 2013 or after	Aggregate payments not reduced for late adopters
	Maximum 4 years of payment	3-6 years of payment
PENALTIES	A decrease in IPPS "market basket update" (MBU) starting in FY 2015	None proposed by CMS - unclear whether states can propose penalties

Click: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Quick Facts

	Medicare	Medicaid
ELIGIBILITY	Yes	No (Medicaid eligibility is proposed to be determined by CCN number, and the provider number range they chose excludes the number range assigned to critical access hospitals)
INCENTIVES	Reimbursed for capital costs of EHR based on significantly higher Medicare share (+ 20%, but not exceeding 100% Medicare share) Also able to depreciate capital expenses in a single year	N/A
PAYMENT TIMEFRAME	Funds available Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 - 2016	N/A
	Must adopt by FY 2015 to receive payments
	Lower aggregate payment if adoption is in FY 2013 or after
	Maximum 4 years of payment
PENALTIES	Beginning FY 2015 - a .33% annual reduction in Medicare cost reimbursements as follows: FY2015 - 100.66% FY2016 - 100.33% FY2017 & subsequent years - 100%	N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) designated over $60B to stimulate healthcare IT adoption. Eligible professionals can earn reimbursements from $44,000 to $63,750 by demonstrating Meaningful Use of a certified EHR for:

ePrescribing
Sharing clinical data with other certified EHR systems
Reporting on specified clinical quality measures

See our Frequently Asked Questions for full details on Meaningful Use.

Review additional Meaningful Use FAQs from CMS to answer many common questions.

Meaningful Use Resources

Monthly public webinars to help listeners with their Meaningful Use strategies and share critical information about healthcare reform.
Client webinars about Meaningful Use on the third Tuesday of each month.
A multi-day client seminar, Qualifying for Meaningful Use and Developing a Quality Improvement Program, offered at our training centers. Sign up now or view the agenda.
The NextGen Community forum for discussion, opinions, and answers to key questions about Meaningful Use.
A Grants Resource Center that shares latest on available grants and funding opportunities from ARRA and more.