http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/it/oig-s-incentive-audit-reveals-dirty-little-secrets-about-meaningful-use?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=959610&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpsa01XWXpOV0UxTlRkaiIsInQiOiJGY2ZNVUhtVE42ZFA1ZzJFdnd5VjlIYlh5WGtxMlVWeGZ1ZmpaQUtFdVwvZW8wbndLcmhrQ2tDQU5ReUhZcFwvcjhsRWRkVVV5aHFjWkVVWjFBXC81UGhVQzBONE15WmV6RWF2S1N6KzViT2hvVT0ifQ%3D%3D

So far this year we’ve seen a shift in attention when it comes to electronic health records: less on the EHR Incentive Program, and more on the newer, more trendy issues, such as precision medicine, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act and ransomware.

But that old stalwart, Meaningful Use, is still a major focus, at least for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. And it should be for the rest of us, as well, based on what OIG has been unearthing.

The OIG issued its latest audit report on how states are paying Medicaid Meaningful Use incentives, and it isn’t pretty. The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System made incorrect Medicaid incentive payments to 24 out of 25 hospitals reviewed, totaling almost $15 million in overpayments.