Montana Hospital Sues EHR Vendor For Contract Breach

Mountainview Medical Center (MVMC), a tiny 6-bed critical access hospital in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, is suing popular EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare Information Systems for breach of contract.  According to the Helena Independent Record, MVMC claims that NextGen failed to install nearly half a million dollars’ worth of EHR equipment after missing two implementation deadlines.

Mountainview Medical Center (MVMC), a tiny 6-bed critical access hospital in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, is suing popular EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare Information Systems for breach of contract.  According to the Helena Independent Record, MVMC claims that NextGen failed to install nearly half a million dollars’ worth of EHR equipment after missing two implementation deadlines.

In late 2012, MVMC decided to begin participation in the EHR Incentive Programs by choosing a NextGen EHR system.  Anticipating a project cost of more than $800,000, the hospital’s board noted that “it seems ridiculous for a facility this small, but…[we] won’t be reimbursed if we wait. In 2014, they will take 10% of our Medicare money. We can choose not to do it, but can’t keep the doors open.”  For the financial outlay, the hospital was expecting to receive “servers, hardware, and software.  Providers will have tablets or laptops and automated dictation.”