Budget update to HITECH:

Incentives through Medicare for the Meaningful Use of Certified EHR Technology -

Establishment of incentive payments through Medicare for the meaningful use of certified EHR technology by “eligible professionals and hospitals”. The CBO estimates the total cost of Medicare and Medicaid incentives for eligible professionals and hospitals that demonstrate a meaningful use of certified EHR technology to be $20.819. $20.819 is derived from the sum of the total costs of the incentives in fiscal year 2009 – fiscal year 2015 ($36.368 billion) and the total savings that are achieved in fiscal year 2016 – fiscal year 2019 through the incentives ($15.549 billion).