In: Economics
What is an EHR system?
The HITEC Act resulted in the Meaningful Use initiative to incentivize the adoption of EHRs. Compliance with Meaningful Use was complex, burdensome and did not involve enough players. We needed something more universal. In 2015, MACRA was passed resulting in the MIPS initiative. Define MACRA and MIPS. What are the advantages of MIPS over Meaningful Use and what are its incentives? (suggestion: go to the healthit.gov site).