Electronic Health Record Medicaid Incentive Payment Program (eMIPP)
The
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented, through
provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA),
incentive payments to eligible professionals (EP) and eligible hospitals (EH),
including critical access hospitals (CAHs), participating in Medicare and
Medicaid programs that are meaningful users of certified Electronic Health
Record (EHR) technology. The incentive payments are not a reimbursement, but
are intended to encourage EPs and EHs to adopt, implement, or upgrade certified
EHR technology and use it in a meaningful manner.
The
Illinois EHR Medicaid Incentive Program (eMIPP) will provide incentive payments
to eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals
(CAHs) as they adopt, implement, upgrade or demonstrate meaningful use of
certified EHR technology.
The
CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR PIP program is voluntarily offered by individual
states and territories, and can begin in 2011 once the state has a CMS approved
infrastructure in place to manage the program. The program will continue until
2021. The last year a Medicaid provider may begin participation in the program
is 2016.
EHR Incentive Program
Audits
Audit Information (pdf) (html)
How to Sign Up
As
a provider, it is important to understand the steps required to ensure
successful receipt of EHR incentive payments:
A. Provider registers at the Federal CMS Registration and Attestation website
a. Provider selects either
Medicare or Medicaid as the program they wish to apply to
b. For providers selecting
Medicaid, provider selects which state they want to apply to
B. HFS receives provider
registration from Federal CMS for providers selecting Illinois Medicaid
C. Provider logs into the Illinois eMIPP using their
assigned CMS Registration Number
d. If the provider is in good
standing, then the provider can complete the eMIPP attestation;
otherwise, they will be notified via popup messages of any eligibility issues
E. HFS staff conducts review
of the provider attestation to determine eligibility
F. If eligible, the provider
is issued the incentive payment (to be paid within 45 days from date of
approval by HFS)
Getting Started
Use
the navigation below to get started, or follow the guidelines provided in the EHR Medicaid Incentive Payment Program Toolkit
Step 1 – Understand the Path to Payment
