Hospitals make progress in quest for multi-hospital campus EHR incentives

Hospitals are up in arms about what they consider unfair treatment in the meaningful use rule that will prevent them from earning millions of dollars in incentives. But it appears Congress might come to their rescue. Rep. Zack Space (D-Ohio) introduced the Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals (H. R. 6072) on July 30 that would allow each hospital in a multi-campus organization to qualify separately for meaningful use incentives.