So here is a question for my most reliable sounding board:
I own my own practice and hire another MD who comes in one day per week and is an independent contractor. I pay her by the hour. She pays for her own malpractice insurance but I buy everything in the office including the EHR software and all the hardware. So here is the question. The meaningful use incentive payments are per physician. Who gets the $18,000? Is it hers, mine, or do we split it? Does she get it and I deduct her portion of the cost of the EHR? Do we thumb wrestle for it?
This should be interesting.
