ILHITREC News Update Monday, Sept. 11, 2017

 

At the Forefront of Healthcare Transformation      Weekly       News      Update          Sept. 11, 2017   Join ILHITREC's Webinar Tuesday, Sept. 26, for Details on Updated 2017 EHR Medicaid Incentive Program Requirements Registration is open for ILHITREC's upcoming webinar entitled "Updated 2017 EHR Medicaid Incentive Payment Program Requirements." The Webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 26, from Noon-1 PM (CDT). Register Now!  Learn about the most up-to-date requirements necessary to successfully attest for the 2017 EHR Medicaid Incentive Payment Program (eMIPP) as we near Oct. 1, 2017, the last eligible 90 day reporting period. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Questions? Contact us at info@ILHITREC.org.  _________________________________          Corrected ACI Table in 2017 CMS QRDA III Implementation Guide Available The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has corrected an error in the 2017 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture Category III (QRDA III) Implementation Guide (IG) Version 1.0 for Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals Programs. The updated version is a republication of the 2017 CMS QRDA III IG for Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals published on 7/7/2017. This announcement is for vendors and data submitters about the correction in Table 49: Advancing Care Information Objectives and Measures Identifiers. The description of the measure identifier ACI_LVITC_1 now includes the word "Exclusion."There are no other changes in this document. Measure Objective: Health Information Exchange  Measure Identifier: ACI_LVITC_1 Measure: *Proposed Request/Accept Summary of Care Exclusion Reporting Metric: Yes/No Additional QRDA-Related Resources You can find additional QRDA related resources, as well as current and past implementation guides, on the  eCQI Resource Center and the  CMS eCQM Library. For questions related to the QRDA Implementation Guides and/or Schematrons, visit the  ONC QRDA JIRA Issue Tracker. For questions related to the Quality Payment Program or MIPS submissions, visit the Quality Payment Program website or call 1-866-288-8292.  _________________________________        Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Runs Through 2021   The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) remind Eligible Professionals (EPs) and Eligible Hospitals (EHs) that the  Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, which is administered voluntarily by states and territories, will continue through 2021. Read the full story here. To participate in the program in 2017, EPs and EHs must attest to: Modified Stage 2 objectives and measures, or Stage 3 objectives and measures  ILHITREC's Clinical Informatics Specialists are trained to assist you with any questions or concerns related to the EHR Incentive Programs. Contact us at  info@ILHITREC.org or visit ILHITREC.org for complete details on the wide variety of services provided by ILHITREC.       About Support Provided by ILHITREC The Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (ILHITREC), under contract with the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services (HFS), is providing education, outreach, EHR, and Meaningful Use support to Medicaid providers for the Electronic Health Record Medical Incentive Payment Program (eMIPP). Contact us at info@ILHITREC.org;  Phone: 815-753-5900; Fax: 815-753-7278.