Bonus payments, no penalties make learning easier
Beginning this year, AAOS members who e-prescribe can potentially earn a 2 percent bonus payment from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in addition to any Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) bonus. The e-prescribing bonus drops to 1 percent in 2011 and 2012, and to 0.5 percent in 2013.
After that, the penalties kick in. Beginning in 2012, Medicare payments will be reduced by 1 percent to physicians who do not e-prescribe; by 2014, the penalty will be a 2 percent reduction in payments. http://ping.fm/qVNzG