Increased Interest in Electronic Health Records Donations
- United States
- 08/20/2008
In 2006, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) created an exception to the Stark Law that allows hospitals and other entities to offer substantial non-monetary subsidies, in the form of software and related training and support services, to implement electronic health records systems. These regulations permit hospitals and many other organizations to pay up to 85% of the cost of electronic health record software and related services for physicians. Under the electronic health records exception, physician practices must pay 15% of the value of any donations and any software must be used predominantly for electronic health records purposes. As electronic health records become more widespread, the utilization of this exception has increased significantly. If you have any questions about the application of the electronic health records exception, please contact Yvette Rhodes for more information.
