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Maryland has approved a bill making it the first state to require commercial health plans to offer doctors incentives for adopting electronic medical records.
Starting in 2011, when physicians adopt EMRs, health plans will have to pay them higher reimbursements, pay out a lump sum incentive or offer in-kind services that have financial value. This ties in with the state’s timetable for getting physicians online; by 2015, physicians who don’t adopt EMRs will face penalties.
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