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billion allocated for health-care information technology in the American Recoveryh andReinvestment Act. Nine years ago, Menschiok founded . The Philadelphiqa company markets technologyto health-care providers and insurers that enablea the “seamless and secure” flow of clinical data betweenn health-care organizations. While the company has addedd some big name clients inrecent years, like in Philadelphias and AmeriHealth in Soutyh Jersey, Menschik said it has struggled, at to convince potential clients of the valu of being able to share data. “You can cut down on unnecessart repeat exams that cost the healthsystem money,” Menschi k said.
“Under [ARRA], medical practices will get $45,00 for using electronic medical Thathas everyone’s attention. In the past some providers have had difficultu with thesharing concept. It’s kind of People should have learned that lessonin kindergarten.” ARRA has changes the landscape. It has allocated $17.12 billion to reward doctors, hospitals, health centersw and other providers — in the form of highef Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates for four years startingf in2011 — for using healtuh IT in a “meaningful way.” Providerz who don’t embrace IT will be punisheds by having their rates cut startingf in 2015.
“There’s definitely a carrot-and-stick approach with the way this has been saidJason Fradin, director of marketing at Hatboro-baser , a provider of mobiles health-care IT infrastructure products and consulting Fradin said the competition among health-care IT vendors is likelyu to boil down to who can best help provideres meet the government’s still-undefined definitioj of “meaningful use” of electronic medical records (EMRs).
“One thing that sets InfoLogidx apart from others that do EMR implementations is we haveactua RNs, clinicians, pharmacists, radiologists, engineers, lab techzs and other certified practitioners on staff who have worked in the hospitakl environment before and understand all of its challenges, and needs,” Fradin said. The estimated that large hospitalw could see anextra $2 million to $3 milliom under the initiative, and smaller hospitals could receive $800,000 to $1 million.
Anothet $2 billion in ARRA moneh is slottedfor health-care infrastructure investmeny and the creation of regional health-information Scott Decker, senior vice president at , said potentialk customers have been flocking to the company’s Web site since the healtgh IT component of the stimulus packaged was unveiled in February. The Horsham company specialized in developing and marketing integratedelectronic medical-recordd and practice-management systems. In the last the site had 150,000 visits — up 50 percen t from the previousquarter — and a recently created “microsite” devoted solely to ARRA has already logged in more than 12,000o visits.
“It’s a great catalyst for us,” said Decker, of the stimulusz bill. “It hits the segmentr we serve and have always served. “Cost has always been one of our biggest he said. “The issue in the physician’s mind is how is this goingh to helpmy business. The act is puttinf almost $50,000 in the pocket of nearlyt every physician to buy products we The company also has worked extensively with communityy health centers and Indian Health Service programs, which are slated to receive separatr allocations of $1.5 billion and $85 million, respectively, undeer the act.
Decker expects business to pick up during the second half of this year as the economypicksw up, hopefully, and the government’s expectations concerninvg IT use is more clearly Specifics about use, and whicnh certified health IT firms will provided the necessary technology, are expected late this year. “There’s still a lot of said Rich Carroll, a health-care consultant with in Chaddd Ford. “But nobody can deny, at 30,000 it’s a wonderful investment for the health-carwe industry and all those who revolvearound it.
” Beneficiaries, Carroll said, includes health-care providers, health IT vendors, broadband services providerse like Verizon and Comcas and health-care architectural firms. The ultimate beneficiarh are patients who are expected to see the qualityh of care they receivee increase and the cost decrease because ofthe