§495.304 Medicaid provider scope and eligibility.
(a) General rule. The following Medicaid providers are eligible to participate in the HIT incentives program:
(1) Medicaid EPs.
(2) Acute care hospitals.
(3) Children's hospitals.
(b) Medicaid EP. The Medicaid professional eligible for a EHR incentive payment is limited to the following:
(1) A physician.
(2) A dentist.
(3) A certified nurse-midwife.
(4) A nurse practitioner.
(5) A physician assistant practicing in a Federally Qualified Health Center or Rural Health Clinic, which is so led by a physician assistant.
(c) Additional requirements for the Medicaid EP. To qualify for an EHR incentive payment, a Medicaid EP must not be hospital-based as defined §495.4 of this subpart and meet one of the following criteria for each year for which the EP seeks an EHR incentive payment:
(1) Have a minimum 30 percent patient volume attributable to individuals receiving Medicaid.
(2) Have a minimum 20 percent patient volume attributable to individuals receiving Medicaid, and be a pediatrician.
(3) Practice predominantly in a FQHC or RHC and have a minimum 30 percent patient volume attributable to needy individuals, as defined at §495.302.
(d) Exception. The hospital-based exclusion in paragraph (c) does not apply to the Medicaid-EP qualifying based on practicing predominantly at a FQHC or RHC.
(e) Additional requirement for the eligible hospital. To be eligible for an EHR incentive payment for each year for which the eligible hospital seeks an EHR incentive payment the eligible hospital must meet the following criteria:
(1) An acute care hospital must have at least a 10 percent Medicaid patient volume for each year for which the hospital seeks an EHR incentive payment.
(2) A children's hospital is exempt from meeting a patient volume threshold.
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