Isn’t certification nothing more than a tax on healthcare providers?  Or, has someone seen some value in being certifed other than paying money to get money?  For the large providers, the ARRA money will amount to little more than a rounding error on the total cost of their EHR.

I encourage you to look at John’s post about the cost of certifcation, http://www.emrandhipaa.com/emr-and-hipaa/2009/09/14/cost-of-new-cchit-ehr-certifications/comment-page-1/#comment-120681

It seems like a lot of money for no ROI.