CMS Announces New Medicaid Initiative Funding Interoperable Technology for Long-Term Care Providers Currently Ineligible for EHR Incentives

On March 2, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new Medicaid initiative to bring interoperable technology to long-term care, behavioral health providers, substance abuse treatment centers, and other providers. CMS has updated guidance to expand the scope of state expenditures eligible for the 90 percent matching rate to those that…