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 123STA T .467PUBLIC LA W 111 –5—FE B. 17 , 2 0 0 9TI T LE I V—M E D I CAR EA N D MEDICAID H EALTH IN FO RMATION TECH - NOLO GY; MI S CELLANEO U S MEDICARE P ROVISIONS SEC.40 0 1 . TABL E OF CO N TENTS OF T I TLE. Thetabl e ofc o n tent s of th i s title is as follo w s
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T LE I V—M E D I CAR EA N D MEDICAID H EALTH IN FO RMATION TECHNOLO GY; MI S CELLANEO U S MEDICARE P ROVISIONS S ec.40 0 1 . T abl e of co nt ent s oft i tle. S u btitle A—Me d ica r e Incenti v es Sec. 4101. Incentives for eli g ible p rofessionals. Sec. 410 2 . Incentives for h ospitals. Sec. 410 3 . Treat m ent of pa y ments and savings; implementation funding. Sec. 4104. Studies and reports on health information technology. Subtitle B —Medicaid Incentives Sec. 4201. Medicaid provider HIT adoption and operation payments; implementa - tion funding. Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Medicare Provisions Sec. 4301. Moratoria on certain Medicare regulations. Sec. 4302. Long-term care hospital technical corrections. S ubti t le A—Me d i car eI n centi v e s SEC. 4101. INCENTI V ES FO R ELI G IBLE P ROFESSIONALS. ( a )INCE N TIV E PAYM ENT S.—S ection 184 8 of the Social Sec ur it yA ct (4 2U .S. C . 1 395 w – 4)isa m en d ed by addin g at the end the following new subsection: ‘ ‘(o) INCENTIVES FOR A D O P TION AND M EANIN G F UL USE OF CER - TIFIED EHR TEC H NOLOGY.— ‘‘(1) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Sub j ect to the succeeding sub- p aragraphs of this paragraph , with respect to co v ered professional services furnished by an eligible profes- sional during a payment year (as defined in subpara- graph (E)), if the eligible professional is a meaningful EHR user (as determined under paragraph (2)) for the EHR reporting period with respect to such year, in addition to the amount otherwise paid under this part, there also shall be paid to the eligible professional (or to an employer or facility in the cases described in clause (A) of section 1842(b)( 6 )), from the F ederal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund estab- lished under section 1841 an amount e q ual to 7 5 per- cent of the Secretary ’ s estimate (based on claims sub- mitted not later than 2 months after the end of the payment year) of the allowed charges under this part for all such covered professional services furnished by the eligible professional during such year. ‘‘(ii) N O INCENTIVE PAYMENTS W ITH RESPECT TO YEARS AFTER 2016 .—No incentive payments may be Deadlin e .H eal thI n form ation T e c hnolo gy for E conomic and C linical Health A ct.