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Introduction to the CMS EHR Incentive Program and Meaningful Use
Meaningful Use Measure Deep Dive & Open Call Series
- Collecting Structured Data I (March 22) : Covering Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) for medication orders; Generating and transmitting permissible prescriptions electronically; and Incorporating clinical lab-test results into EHR as structured data
>>View more - Collecting Structured Data II (April 5): Covering maintenance of an up-to-date problem list of current and active diagnoses, maintenance of an active medication list, maintenance of an active medication allergy list, recording vital signs, recording smoking status for patients 13 years old or older, recording demographics
>>View more - Privacy and Security (April 19): Covering protection of electronic health information created or maintained by the certified EHR technology through the implementation of appropriate technical capabilities
>>View more - Patient Engagement (May 3): Covering patient engagement by sending reminders to patients per patient preference for preventive/ follow up care, use of certified EHR technology to identify patient-specific education resources and provide those resources to the patient if appropriate, providing clinical summaries for patients for each office visit, providing patients with an electronic copy of their health information, providing patients with timely electronic access to their health information
>>View more - Information Exchange and Care Coordination (May 17) Covering requirements to exchange key clinical information among providers of care and patient authorized entities electronically, performing medication reconciliation, The providing summaries of care for each transition of care and referral, requirement to submit electronic data to immunization registries or immunization information systems, requirement to provide electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies
>>View more - Practice and Decision Support (May 31) Covering the implementation of drug-drug and drug-allergy checks, implementation of clinical decision support rule relevant to specialty or high clinical priority with the ability to track compliance to that rule, generation of lists of patients by specific conditions to use for quality improvement, reduction of disparities, research or outreach, and the implementation of drug-formulary checks>>View more
- Reporting of Clinical Quality Measures (June 14) Covering the reporting of ambulatory quality measures to CMS or the States >>View more
- Meaningful Use, PQRS, and e-Rx: The Nuts and Bolts for Rheumatology Practice Managers (October 20) Covering the specifics of the CMS Incentive Programs >>View more
Featured Topic from The Rheumatologist
Introduction to the CMS EHR Incentive Program and Meaningful Use
Feb. 22
8-9pm
Meaningful Use for Rheumatologists
Speaker: Charles M. King II, MD (Former HIT Subcommittee Chair)
In this introductory webinar on the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Program-meaningful use-
you will learn the nuts and bolts of the program including eligibility, timeline for reporting, and the EHR functional objectives and work flow requirements that you must meet in order to successfully achieve meaningful use and collect incentive payments of up to $44,000.
March 31
8-9pm
EHR Certification as it Relates to the CMS EHR Incentive Program
In this webinar on the CMS EHR Incentive Program, you will learn the following:
- An overview of the requirements for EHR certification and Meaningful Use
- understanding the difference between complete EHR certification and modular EHR certification
- navigating the ONC Certified Health IT Product List to identify the status of your system
- the process for requesting your unique CMS EHR Certification ID for Incentive Applications
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Follow up Q&A
Meaningful Use Measure Deep Dive & Open Call Series
This webinar series will address each of the Stage 1 core and menu objectives, providing attendees with a general understanding of the intent of the objective, the requirements set forth in the rule, and the EHR functionality and user actions required to meet the measure. The call will allow time for an open question and answer session addressing questions related to the CMS EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) regulation.
March 22
8-9pm
What you need to do to meet meaningful use functional objectives: Collecting Structured Data I
The who, what, when, where, why, and how for meaningful use objectives measuring the collection of structured data in the EHR. Measures discussed on this call include:
- Use Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) for medication orders directly entered by any licensed health care professional who can enter orders into the medical record per state, local, and professional guidelines
- Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically (Note: only non-controlled substances are permissible)
- Incorporate clinical lab-test results into EHR as structured data
*Attendees should have a general understanding of the CMS EHR Incentive Program prior to reviewing this session.
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April 5
8-9PM
What you need to do to meet meaningful use functional objectives: Collecting Structured Data II
The who, what, when, where, why, and how for meaningful use objectives measuring the collection of structured data in the EHR. Measures discussed on this call include:
- Maintain an up-to-date problem list of current and active diagnoses
- Maintain active medication list
- Maintain active medication allergy list
- Record and chart changes in vital signs including height, weight, and blood pressure
- Record smoking status for patients 13 years old or older
- Record demographics including preferred language, gender, race, ethnicity, and date of birth
*Attendees should have a general understanding of the CMS EHR Incentive Program prior to reviewing this session
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April 19
8-9PM
What you need to do to meet meaningful use functional objectives: Privacy and Security
Speaker: Nicolas S. Harned, JD (Vedder Price, P.C.)
The who, what, when, where, why, and how for meaningful use objectives measuring the actions supporting health IT related privacy and security. Measures discussed on this call include:
- Protect electronic health information created or maintained by the certified EHR technology through the implementation of appropriate technical capabilities
*Attendees should have a general understanding of the CMS EHR Incentive Program prior to reviewing this session.
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May 3
8-9PM
What you need to do to meet meaningful use functional objectives: Patient Engagement
The who, what, when, where, why, and how for meaningful use objectives measuring the utilization of health IT to support patient engagement. Measures discussed on this call include:
- Send reminders to patients per patient preference for preventive/ follow up care
- Use certified EHR technology to identify patient-specific education resources and provide those resources to the patient if appropriate
- Provide clinical summaries for patients for each office visit
- Provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information (including diagnostic test results, problem list, medication lists, allergies), upon request (electronic copy must be in an electronic form---patient portal, PHR, CD, USB, etc.
- Provide patients with timely electronic access to their health information (including lab results, problem list, medication lists, allergies) within 4 business days of the information being available to the EP
*Attendees should have a general understanding of the CMS EHR Incentive Program prior to reviewing this session.
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May 17
8-9PM
What you need to do to meet meaningful use functional objectives: Information Exchange and Care Coordination
The who, what, when, where, why, and how for meaningful use objectives measuring the utilization of health IT to support information exchange and care coordination. Measures discussed on this call include:
- Capability to exchange key clinical information (for example, problem list, medication list, allergies, diagnostic test results), among providers of care and patient authorized entities electronically
- The EP who receives a patient from another setting of care or provider of care or believes an encounter is relevant should perform medication reconciliation
- The EP who transitions their patient to another setting of care or refers their patient to another provider of care should provide summary care record for each transition of care and referral
- Capability to submit electronic data to immunization registries or immunization information systems and actual submission according to applicable law and practice
- Capability to provide electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies and actual transmission according to applicable law and practice
*Attendees should have a general understanding of the CMS EHR Incentive Program prior to reviewing this session.
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May 31
8-9PM
What you need to do to meet meaningful use functional objectives: Practice and Decision Support
The who, what, when, where, why, and how for meaningful use objectives measuring the utilization of structured data for practice and decision support. Measures discussed on this call include:
- Implement drug-drug and drug-allergy checks
- Implement one clinical decision support rule relevant to specialty or high clinical priority with the ability to track compliance to that rule
- Generate lists of patients by specific conditions to use for quality improvement, reduction of disparities, research or outreach
- Implement drug-formulary checks
*Attendees should have a general understanding of the CMS EHR Incentive Program prior to reviewing this session.
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Follow up Q&A
June 14
8-9PM
What you need to do to meet meaningful use functional objectives: Reporting of Clinical Quality Measures
The who, what, when, where, why, and how for meaningful use objectives measuring the utilization of structured data for reporting clinical quality measures. Measures discussed on this call include:
- Report ambulatory quality measures to CMS or the States
*Attendees should have a general understanding of the CMS EHR Incentive Program prior to reviewing this session.
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Follow up Q&A
October 20
8-9PM
Meaningful Use, PQRS, and e-Rx: The Nuts and Bolts for Rheumatology Practice Managers
The who, what, when, where, why, and how for non-physician practitioners, nurses, and other allied health care specialists who may be qualified to receive incentive payments (and may be subject to payment penalties) under the CMS EHR Incentive, e-Prescribing and PQRS programs. Topics discussed on this call include:
- The many facets of these programs
- Information providing a general understanding of how you can take action to maximize your bonus payments and avoid payment adjustments
*Attendees should have a general understanding of the CMS EHR Incentive Program prior to reviewing this session.
