{"id":164950,"date":"2017-08-03T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.healthit.gov\/dashboard_data\/centers-medicare-medicaid-services-cms-ehr-incentive-program-measures\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:38:05","slug":"centers-medicare-medicaid-services-cms-ehr-incentive-program-measures","status":"publish","type":"dataset","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/datasets\/centers-medicare-medicaid-services-cms-ehr-incentive-program-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) EHR Incentive Program Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The CMS EHR Incentive Programs provide incentives to eligible office-based providers and hospitals to adopt electronic health records. Both the Medicare and Medicaid programs have separate criteria and eligible participants. These measures track the percentage of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, short-term general, Critical Access, and Children’s hospitals that have demonstrated meaningul use of certified electronic health record technology and\/or adopted, implemented, or ugraded any electronic health record. These measures track the rate of adoption and use of EHR technology certified by HHS in addition to adoption of other non-certified EHR technology. These measures are cumulative, representing the most recent data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Field<\/th>Data Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
region<\/th>Region \/\/ The region name for the data. This includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
region_code<\/th>Region Code \/\/ The region abbreviation for the data. This includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
period<\/th>Time Period \/\/ Time period for the data. The first four digits correspond to the year of the data, and any other digits refer to the month of the data, beginning with “01”\/January and ending with “12”\/December.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_md_pa_np_mu_aiu<\/th>Percentage of Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT and or AIU any EHR \/\/ The percentage of all office-based medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) and\/or adopted, implemented, or upgrade (AIU) any electronic health record. This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through either the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and AIU through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_md_pa_np_mu<\/th>Percentage of Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT \/\/ The percentage of all office-based medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through either the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_md_mu_aiu<\/th>Percentage of Physicians that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT and or AIU any EHR \/\/ The percentage of all office-based medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) and\/or adopted, implemented, or upgrade (AIU) any electronic health record. This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through either the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and AIU through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_md_mu<\/th>Percentage of Physicians that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT \/\/ The percentage of all office-based medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through either the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_np_mu_aiu<\/th>Percentage of Nurse Practitioners that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT and or AIU any EHR \/\/ The percentage of all office-based nurse practitioners that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) and\/or adopted, implemented, or upgrade (AIU) any electronic health record. This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and AIU through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. Nurse practitioners are only eligible to participate in the Medicaid Program.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_np_mu<\/th>Percentage of Nurse Practitioners that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT \/\/ The percentage of all office-based nurse practitioners that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Nurse practitioners are only eligible to participate in the Medicaid Program.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_pa_mu_aiu<\/th>Percentage of Physician Assistants that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT and or AIU any EHR \/\/ The percentage of all office-based physician assistants that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) and\/or adopted, implemented, or upgrade (AIU) any electronic health record. This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and AIU through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. Physician assistants are only eligible to participate in the Medicaid Program. Only physician assistants in Federal Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are eligible to participate.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_pa_mu<\/th>Percentage of Physician Assistants that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT \/\/ The percentage of all office-based physician assistants that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Physician assistants are only eligible to participate in the Medicaid Program. Only physician assistants in Federal Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are eligible to participate.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_hospitals_mu_aiu<\/th>Percentage of Eligible and Critical Access Hospitals that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT and or AIU any EHR \/\/ The percentage of short-term general and Critical Access hospitals that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) and\/or adopted, implemented, or upgrade (AIU) any electronic health record. This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through either the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and AIU through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. Critical Access hospitals are facilities with no more than 25 beds and located in a rural area further than 35 miles from the nearest hospital, and\/or are located in a mountainous region.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_hospitals_mu<\/th>Percentage of Eligible and Critical Access Hospitals that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT \/\/ The percentage of short-term general and Critical Access hospitals that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through either the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Critical Access hospitals are facilities with no more than 25 beds and located in a rural area further than 35 miles from the nearest hospital, and\/or are located in a mountainous region.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_cah_small_rural_mu_aiu<\/th>Percentage of Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT and or AIU any EHR \/\/ The percentage of Critical Access and small, rural short-term general hospitals that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) and\/or adopted, implemented, or upgrade (AIU) any electronic health record. This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through either the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and AIU through the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. Critical Access hospitals are facilities with no more than 25 beds and located in a rural area further than 35 miles from the nearest hospital, and\/or are located in a mountainous region. Small hospitals have fewer than 100 inpatient beds. Rural hospitals are located in non-metropolitan areas.<\/td><\/tr>
pct_cah_small_rural_mu<\/th>Percentage of Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals that have Demonstrated Meaningful Use of CEHRT \/\/ The percentage of Critical Access and small, rural short-term general hospitals that have demonstrated meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). This includes the demonstration of meaningful use through either the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Critical Access hospitals are facilities with no more than 25 beds and located in a rural area further than 35 miles from the nearest hospital, and\/or are located in a mountainous region. Small hospitals have fewer than 100 inpatient beds. Rural hospitals are located in non-metropolitan areas.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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