Becker’s Hospital CIO has posted some really interesting data about the meaningful use payments that hospitals have received. They very smartly looked at the first quarter financial reports for 6 hospitals that disclosed their EHR stimulus payments. Check out the data below:
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $40 million, up from $19 million during the first quarter of 2013
- IASIS Healthcare (Franklin, Tenn.): $4 million, down from $5 million during the first quarter of 2013
- Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $9 million, up from $5 million during the first quarter of 2013
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $30 million, down from $39 million during the first quarter of 2013.
- LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $14 million, up from $6 million during the first quarter of 2013
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $430,000, down from $4.7 million during the first quarter of 2013
It’s interesting to see some of them have their payments really fall off. We’ll see how this data plays out over time, but I think it’s another data point that meaningful use stage 2 has issues and we should consider blowing up meaningful use.