The bottom line of all this government involvement comes down to keeping good records. But EMR is more than purpose-built document management. Reimbursement rates translate into more money for doctors, so there is a financial incentive to get on board. The MIPS program actually replaces the "Meaningful Use" Medicare EHR program and requires "Certified EHR Technology" based on objectives and measures. These include protecting patient health information, electronic prescribing, patient electronic access, and health information exchange. These objectives will be used as part of our evaluation of EMR products. In addition, we'll look at how each product handles a typical medical practice workflow to include initial information input, scheduling, patient interaction, billing, and reporting. Making it easier for health care providers to correctly "code" specific symptoms and procedures performed is critical to the success of an electronic system and, in the end, directly affects the reimbursement process. Pricing typically follows functionality, meaning the higher-priced options offer more features. For example, EMR manager Practice Fusion starts at $99 per clinician per month, which was the cheapest of the products we reviewed. The other three EMR managers start out at $199, $274, and $349 per month per clinician and go up from there. However, CareCloud charges $628 per provider per month to get EMR functionality along with the practice management module. Both DrChrono and WRS Health offer a billing service in which they charge for a percentage of receipts in much the same way credit card companies charge per transaction. While WRS Health has the most comprehensive package with more integrated functionality than the other EMR managers reviewed, Practice Fusion is still competitive and offers multiple data input options. Practice Fusion also links to multiple providers with potentially less startup costs than WRS Health.