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cases. If the is determined to be a successful electronic
prescriber, then the incentive payment will be made.
As indicated above, for 2009, the electronic
prescribing incentive payment is 2.0 percent of the total
estimated Part B allowed charges for the reporting period
(that is, the entire year, for 2009). Thus, the incentive
payment is not solely 2.0 percent of the estimated Part B
allowed charges for services for which the measure is
reported, but 2.0 percent of all estimated Part B allowed
charges for the year. In other words, although the measure
denominator is limited to certain office and outpatient
professional services, and the requirement to be an
electronic prescriber is based on those services, the
incentive payment is paid as 2.0 percent of all estimated
Part B allowed charges for the professional, submitted by
the end of February, 2010.
g. Uses of Information on Successful Electronic
Prescribers
As discussed in section II.O1.e.i. above, section
1848(m)(5)(G) of the Act, as added by the MIPPA and
described in section III. of this final rule with comment
period, requires the Secretary to post on the CMS Web site,
in an easily understandable format, a list of the names of
eligible professionals (or group practices) who
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