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At the Forefront of
Healthcare Transformation!
Feb. 6,
2017
Webinar Feb. 28: Are Your Clinicians
& Care
Coordinators Experiencing the HIE Advantage?
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'll
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.
eMIPP System Maintenance Feb. 11-12
On Saturday, Feb. 11, from 6:00 PM (ET), through Sunday, Feb.
12, at 6:00 AM, the Illinois Medicaid eMIPP System will be unavailable due
to regular monthly system maintenance. Questions? Call
1-855-MU-HELP-1 (855-684-3571) or e-mail hfs.ehrincetive@illinois.gov.
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 Alternative
Payment Models
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
announced recently that more than 359,000 clinicians are confirmed to
participate in four of CMS's Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in 2017.
Clinicians who participate in APMs are paid for the quality of care they
give to their patients. APMs are an important part of the Administration's
effort to build a system that delivers better care and one in which clinicians
work together to have a full understanding of patients' needs. APMs also
strive to ensure that patients are in the center of their care, and that
Medicare pays for what works and spends taxpayer money more wisely
resulting in a healthier country. Read
more...
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.
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