At the Forefront of
Healthcare Transformation!
May 8,
2017
Webinar on Medicaid Meaningful Use Requirements Replay
Available
Thank you to
everyone who participated May 4, in ILHITREC's Webinar entitled "2017
Medicaid Meaningful Use Requirements." If you weren't able to join us
(or if you want to pass the presentation on to someone else in your
organization), we invite you to watch the
replay.The PowerPoint
slide presentation is available in PDF format.
The focus of
this webinar was on 2017 Reporting Requirements for the Medicaid EHR
Incentive Program for Eligible Providers. More details about specific
Measures explained during the Webinar will be included in upcoming editions
of ILHITREC's Weekly News Update (see below).
If you need assistance at any time from ILHITREC, please contact us at info@ILHITREC.org.
ILHITREC Spotlight: Focus on Meaningful
Use Measures
[NOTE: This
ILHITREC feature will regularly spotlight different Meaningful Use and other
Measures]
The
Measure: Electronic Prescribing (eRX)
Measure
Objective: Generate and transmit
permissible prescriptions electronically (eRx).
Attestation: Attest to the number of prescriptions in the denominator
generated, queried for a drug formulary, and transmitted electronically using
CEHRT or claim an exclusion.
Measure
Requirements: More than 50 percent of
permissible prescriptions written by the EP are queried for a drug formulary
and transmitted electronically using CEHRT.
Benefits
of Electronic Prescribing:
Tips and
Resources:
*Exclusion is
available if a provider writes less than 100 prescriptions in the reporting
period or if the EP does not have a pharmacy within his or her organization
and there are no pharmacies that accept electronic prescriptions within 10
miles of the EP's practice location at the start of his or her EHR reporting
period.
* A follow up
audit would expect a report from the provider's EHR showing numerator and
denominator values for each measure during the reporting period. A screen
shot of the formulary in the prescribing screen is also recommended.
*Authorizations
for items such as durable medical equipment, or other items and services that
may require EP authorization before the patient could receive them, are not
included in the definition of prescriptions. These are excluded from the
numerator and the denominator of the measure.
*Link to CMS Specification sheet for this measure.
Review 2017 Program
Requirements on EHR Incentive Programs Website
Providers who have not demonstrated Meaningful Use successfully
in a prior year and are seeking to demonstrate Meaningful Use for the first
time in 2017 to avoid the 2018 payment adjustment, must attest to Modified
Stage 2 objectives and measures. Providers who have demonstrated meaningful
use successfully in a previous year may attest to Stage 3 objectives and
measures starting in 2017. CMS encourages eligible hospitals, CAHs, and
dual-eligible hospitals to visit the EHR Incentive Programs website for more
details about the 2017 program requirements outlined in the full
story.
MIPS Group Reporting 101
Webinar - May 11
Register now
for the MIPS Group Reporting 101 Webinar scheduled Thursday, May 11, from
1-2:30 p.m. (ET). During the webinar, CMS will provide an overview of group
reporting under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and
highlights requirements for participation, including:
MIPS Participation Status Letter
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reviewing claims and letting practices know which clinicians need to take part in MIPS, the Merit-based Incentive Payment System. MIPS is an important part of the new Quality Payment Program. In late April through May, practices will get a letter from the Medicare Administrative Contractor that processes Medicare Part B claims. This letter will tell the participation status of each MIPS clinician associated with the Taxpayer Identification Number or TIN in a practice. Complete details.
FY2018 Medicare Hospital and Long Term Acute Care Hospital
Prospective Payment Systems Proposed Rule and Request for Information
On April 14, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update 2018 Medicare payment and policies when patients are admitted into hospitals.
The agency also
released a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit ideas for regulatory,
policy, practice and procedural changes to better achieve transparency,
flexibility, program simplification and innovation. The following resources
offer more details:
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