MO HealthNet EHR Incentive Program MHA Meaningful Use Symposium April 27, 2012.
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Transcript of MO HealthNet EHR Incentive Program MHA Meaningful Use Symposium April 27, 2012.
MO HealthNet EHR Incentive Program
MHA Meaningful Use Symposium April 27, 2012
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ARRA & HITECH
HITECH ActHealth Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health Act
Title XIII and Title IV of the ARRA stimulus package focus on supporting widespread adoption of health information technology.
ARRAAmerican Recovery & Reinvestment Act
$787 Billion federal stimulus package passed by Congress and signed in February 2009.
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EHR Incentive Programs
Incentive payments through Medicare and/or Medicaid support certain hospitals and professionals in adopting “certified EHR technology”• Different eligibility criteria, payment calculation, etc.
For Medicaid, professionals receive $21,250 in year 1 with a documented effort to “adopt, implement, or upgrade”• $8,500 in subsequent years
For Medicaid, hospital payments vary based on a calculation that takes into account inpatient volume and other criteria• Benchmark of $2 million (over 3 years); amounts vary significantly
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Missouri Registrations
2800 professionals and hospitals have registered with CMS to apply for Missouri’s EHR Medicaid Incentive Program (04/20/12):
o 125 hospitalso 1790 physicianso 660 nurse practitionerso 185 dentistso 40 midwives and physician assistants
2466 providers have accounts on Missouri’s portal; 52% have completed attestations:
o 404 have received payment; 144 have future payment scheduledo 16 are pending payment, awaiting final CMS approvalo 870 more have submitted attestations (20 EHs, 850 EPs)
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Missouri EHR Incentive Payments
July 2011 – May 1, 2012Total hospital payments (50) $ 49,072,474
Total professional payments (498) $ 10,575,417
Total incentive payments = $ 59,647,891
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EHs & EPs Receiving Incentive PaymentsYear 1: AIU thru February 2012
Hospitals
Professionals
Important Dates - 2012
January 2012 • Medicaid only Eligible Hospitals can submit MU attestation for FFY
2012 (3 months data)• Dually eligible Hospitals can submit 1st year MU attestation for FFY
2012 (3 months data)
March 30, 2012 • The last day for Eligible Professionals to submit AIU attestation to
receive a Medicaid EHR incentive payment for Calendar Year 2011
April 2012 • Eligible Professionals can submit MU attestation for Calendar Year
2012 (3 months data)
October 2012• Dually eligible Hospitals can submit 2nd year MU attestation for FFY
2012 (12 months data)8
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Resources
• Missouri’s Portal: http://mo.arraincentive.como SLR Help Desk: [email protected] and (866) 879-0109o Missouri specific Help Desk for consultations and webinars
• MO HealthNet EHR Incentive Program website: http://www.dss.mo.gov/mhd/ehr/
o Program Fact Sheet & Frequently Asked Questionso Email address for questions: [email protected]
• Missouri HIT Assistance Center http://ehrhelp.missouri.eduo Assistance with EHR adoption for certain provider segments
• CMS EHR website: https://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/ o Fact sheets, Registration, FAQs, etc.
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SLR Meaningful Use Demonstration
• Issueso Numerator/denominator for clinical quality measureso Options for submitting data for multiple providers
• Questions
SLR Demo
https://acs-inc.webex.com/acs-inc/j.php?ED=163483482&UID=0&PW=NMjczZjQ5NDcw&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
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