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At the Forefront
of Healthcare Transformation!
Feb.
27, 2017
Participate in the ILPMP Registry
ILHITREC encourages practices to sign up for the intent
to participate in the ILPMP registry with the State of Illinois. It
is free and will satisfy the specialized registry measure for MIPS
and for 2017 Medicaid Meaningful Use. The registration needs to
be completed within 60 days after the start of the EHR reporting
period to count toward these measures. So, if you are planning to use
the first 90 days of 2017, this would need to be done by the end of
February, 2017. The intent of this registry is that it will be
bi-directional by 2018 and start receiving information from practices
mid-year 2017.
ILHITREC's Clinical Informatics Specialists advise that this could be
used in place of logging in to the state website for every patient to
confirm they are not getting controlled drugs from multiple
providers.
eCQM Submission Deadline Extended to
March 13, 2017 for CY 2016 Reporting Period CY 2016 eCQM Reporting
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is notifying
eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the
Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and/or the Medicare
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs of a deadline
extension. The extension is for the submission of electronic Clinical
Quality Measure (eCQM) data for the Calendar Year (CY) 2016 reporting
period, pertaining to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 payment determination.
The deadline has been changed from Tuesday, February 28,
2017, to Monday, March 13, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. PT. This
extension is being granted to provide hospitals additional time to
submit eCQM data. For complete details, read
the full story.
CMS Extends Attestation Deadline to March 13,
2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
has extended the attestation deadline for providers participating in
the Medicare EHR Incentive Program to Monday, March 13, 2017, at
11:59 p.m. ET. The CMS Registration
and Attestation System is now open. Providers participating in
the Medicare EHR Incentive Program must attest to the 2016
program requirements by March 13, 2017 at 11:59 p.m.(ET), in
order to avoid a 2018 payment adjustment. The EHR reporting period
was any continuous 90 days between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2016.
For those participating in the Medicaid EHR Incentive
Program in Illinois, the timeline is: First-time participants must
register with CMS by March 13, 2017, in order to begin participation
in the EHR Incentive program. First-time participants who miss the
March 13 deadline, will not be able to begin participation, as 2016
was the last year to begin participation.
First-time participants must register and attest by
March 13, 2017 in order to avoid the payment adjustment in
2018.First-time participants must register by March 13, 2017 in order
to begin participation, but the last date for Medicaid participants
to attest is March 31, 2017. Any first-time participant who bills
Medicare Fee For Service, may be subject to the payment adjustment in
2018.
Are Your Clinicians & Care
Coordinators
Experiencing the HIE Advantage? Join
our Webinar!
ILHITREC and Central Illinois Health Information Exchange
invite you to join us for a webinar entitled "Are Your
Clinicians & Care Coordinators Experiencing the HIE
Advantage?" on Tuesday, Feb 28, 2017, from 10-11 AM (CST).
A $2.1 million federal grant has dramatically expanded
the type of health information exchange services available to ANY
hospital or clinic in Illinois... at no charge to you. The
expansion allows CIHIE to provide real-time alerts when patients are
admitted, discharged or experience an emergency visit at
participating hospitals.
Why This
Matters:
* Your care team can act with greater efficiency if they know in
real-time when a critical event has occurred.
* You have a better chance of meeting quality metrics required by ACO
or bundled payment arrangements.
* You can get immediate benefit from HIE participation as alerts can
begin on the same day you subscribe.
* You can quickly recognize trends to help you improve your care
coordination processes.
What You Will
Learn: The goals of the
grant-funded initiative; The plan for continued expansion; The
results already experienced by the early adopters; and The
requirements to participate
After
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the webinar.
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