Late last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began issuing Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments to eligible providers. For physicians who were able to attest their compliance with the meaningful use requirements, that could mean an $18,000 annual incentive payment. This may sound like a nice pile of money to get started on EHR adoption, writes FierceEMR's Janice Simmons, but it may not be enough to offset the high upfront and surprise costs of actually implementing an EHR. --read the full article from FierceEMR